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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At first I struggled a bit with the language of this book at first but after the first 20ish pages I learned to appreciate it and I put a lot of sticky tabs into this book. I liked the first half of the loss of a friend and the following revenge-spree but it lost me a bit in the second half.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Right so ngl this book was fucking confusing as. Like the actual story was good, it wasn’t scary but more so chilling. I really liked the writing style and the way the writer would repeat things in his descriptions. However, the last few chapters left me bamboozled and the ending didn’t really offer much clarity either.
I am very glad this story is getting told, and I think that it does deserve acclaim and attention, but I’m not sure that I understood some of the choices Dios made here. There are a lot of wonderful things happening in the first half of the book (things that make you think Diop is setting you up for a huge tie-it-all-together ending), but the ending fell a little flat for me personally. I didn’t feel like all of the repetition and focus on duality really came together or packed the punch that Diop was hoping for in the last few chapters.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
dark
sad
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:
Complicated
Well, this was horrific, but despite how gruesome this story is, I was not really emotionally engaged like I wanted to be. I also found the first half stronger than the second. I'm glad I read this, but it's not a new favorite.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore