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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

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micschoonover's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

bab3675656's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

bibi003's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars. Might come back with a more in-depth review later.

Ok I'm back. I really liked this book. It was unusual and interesting and entertaining - all good things. But there is something holding me back from giving it a full four stars and I can't quite put my finger on it.

I was enjoying the story and really feeling the back and forth in time rhythm, but then it felt like it ended sort of abruptly. And there was something about the protagonist that was just a little bit ... bland. I dunno. I just feel like he needed a little bit more pizazz in his personality to match all of his incredible experiences.

mgiegerl's review against another edition

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emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

pdez26's review against another edition

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3.5

I found this book slow at times, but I understand the author’s reasoning: sometimes in life, it feels slow and uneventful. The Albatross Society was looming and huge, and I felt the resolution to that was too neat and short. The main character was not my favorite…very neurotic and not endearing. I felt like he just suffered for years and years, which I guess was the point, but I wonder if the book could have been better by having someone like Omai show the readers how he lived instead. I enjoyed the social commentary, the observations and musings, though, and do find that the author did a great job at the end of letting you see how time is relative.