494 reviews for:

Shmutz

Felicia Berliner

3.59 AVERAGE

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad 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
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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judah_g's review

4.0
funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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leechspit's review

4.0
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

really enjoyed this book and the exploration of innate human desire and curiosity. wish we could’ve seen a couple things play out more before the end… there were things that i felt like could’ve been developed more to aid towards the characters development and understanding her desires 
emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated

bobbyheddy's review

3.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book had a premise that I was excited for and I think there are a lot of interesting places it could have gone, but unfortunately it never seemed to take off properly. It sorta went...nowhere? Given so much of it was dedicated to the main character grappling with her own desires I would have liked to have gotten a deeper understanding of what was underlying them. Was it just prurient curiosity, the allure of the taboo or a healthy and enduring reckoning with sexuality? The relationships with others, including the friends at school, felt weakly drawn and I couldn't understand anyone's motivations. I enjoyed the writing and the setting but wished it could have given me more and lived up to that spectacular cover.
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shnapsi's review

3.75
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes