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ciarafrances's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lailalina's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
ferris_mx's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting premise, but ultimately it did not come together for me.
casparw's review against another edition
3.0
At times fun, ambitious, addictive and heartening; this book is also pretentious and a little trying. Its key ‘turning points’ were surprisingly cliche for a book that has such lofty aims and goes big on topics such as family, alienation, neurology and climate change. The contours of its protagonists were sketched out gently; but while there was so much effort put in their strange surroundings and contexts, too little attention was paid to their actual struggles and interrelations. It was fun to travel from London and Berlin to Easter Island, but what did the story gain from its setting in the two European cities? As a foreign reader, I’d have liked to have read more about the Swedish-born and -raised triplets through their toils in and with their homecountry.
matpark19's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This is a very quirky book (I don't necessarily mean that in a good way) and especially by the end it reads like a confusing dream. There are lots of fun, larger than life concepts and some moments of very beautiful writing but it's not really the intimate character exploration which you might expect, especially given the length. I felt like even after 500+ pages I barely knew the characters and I still didn't understand why they did the things they did. HOWEVER you will have fun trying to explain the plot to someone else - it's just that weird.
tamsinwp's review against another edition
Too wordy in a rather stilted way. Very slow. Didn't like any of the characters.
loveyourlibraries's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
eskimonika's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
sirierika's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
momentsofmine's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.25