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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
Complicated
i wish i could say i loved this, maybe the narrator ruined possibly a really great book
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4 ⭐️ “He knew if they caught him staring they would have a hundred names for him before he had a name for himself”
This one hurts! Very devastating! I kept putting off reading it because of the pit in my stomach dreading what would happen to Mungo. I liked the back and forth in time. And glimmers of goodness in those around him. Even when everything else is horrifying and tragic. A bit of a slow start trying to get your lay of the land.
Huuuuge TW for sexual violence and general violence.
This one hurts! Very devastating! I kept putting off reading it because of the pit in my stomach dreading what would happen to Mungo. I liked the back and forth in time. And glimmers of goodness in those around him. Even when everything else is horrifying and tragic. A bit of a slow start trying to get your lay of the land.
Huuuuge TW for sexual violence and general violence.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Non linear storyline following Mungo as he grapples with his identity. Hard story to summarize but I really cared about the Mungo character. I wish relationship with James got more time in the story.
DNF at 55%. I love the immersiveness of the setting and that's what kept me reading as far as I did, but I just was not at all taken by Mungo's voice. There are many points where a character just outright states the theme(s) that the novel is trying to convey, which I always find irritating and unrewarding as a reader. I also feel like I've read this book 12 million times before and therefore know exactly how it ends without needing to actually read it.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Instantly in my top ten books of all time.......... it made me laugh it made me cry it made me literally cheer out loud at certain points.... I laughed I cried I ate I danced I had many epiphanies............ just tender and harrowing and stunning