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Roundabout: An Improvisational Fiction by Phong Nguyen

koalakarakookie's review

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What an odd phenomenon of a book. I would definitely give this one a read if you haven’t already.

wtedwards24's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

allyssa's review

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adventurous fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

umreenimam's review

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challenging tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

jaydee05's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

saraishere's review

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challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

the book is really fun to read although I feel like some parts are a bit too long but the omission of the letter e and the anagram consumed me entirely. It really made me rethink all the things I say in a day because I realized just how much e is used in different languages. The story is written in very explorative manner since the author, Ovid and the reader are all different people and the plot twist on who’s the author was also really fun. Overall really interesting piece of literature and this lipogram has thrown me down a rabbit hole once again.

justybun424's review

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challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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