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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I loved some of the commentary on parenthood and the desperate thoughts you have related to your children. Well written, extremely literary. It's extremely hard to read the rationalizations of a couple point of views.
Another book about real people and their choices. Huh. This had a lot of hype around it this year, but I don’t quite understand why. I liked have POVs of all the different characters, but it was weird only being in their heads. The way everyone handles the SA definitely put me off, and the ending was meh.
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wtf is this book. I hated everything about this book except for the writing. Honestly it was written beautifully but damn the contents in this book are just awful. I hate the flashbacks when something is happening. It just feels cheap in order to explain behavior. The friendship that is supposed to keep this book together makes no sense. All the relationships are stupid and don’t make sense. I don’t like a single character in this book.
I will try and be a little more positive. I do think the theme of how one small yet awful action impacts everything. I think that was done well. But yeah everything else just wasn’t doing it for me.
I will try and be a little more positive. I do think the theme of how one small yet awful action impacts everything. I think that was done well. But yeah everything else just wasn’t doing it for me.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A book I thought I wanted to read based on the synopsis that turned into a book I wish I hadn’t read—First, I know this was lit fic, but it was way too wordy for me. Once you get used to how it’s written, it becomes a disappointing book about girl who is sexually assaulted and no one does a damn thing. They all just stay in their rich, white world because they don’t want to “risk” anything. I know (or at least I’m hoping) the point the author was trying to make is about the reality of sexual assaults and how most victims aren’t believed or helped. It was just such a disappointing ending to read and I might’ve been able to swallow this storyline if it was written by a woman (side note: not that men can’t be assault victims but women have higher statistics of assault and the fact that the assaulted character was a girl makes it more ick that this story was contrived by a man). This one was not for me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault