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orhallylujah's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
amullens12's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
lowrijaynerees's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sofiesshelves's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I absolutely loved this book!! It’s a very specific genre but it’s my absolute fav💗
easyvisionary's review
4.0
“I wonder about the weight of endings. Why should the way a person dies color the memory of their life? Or does the finality of death alone do it?”
“After my mother died a few years ago, peacefully but without resolution between us, the figure in my mind shifted from threatening to intermittently sympathetic.”
This was a good read. Read a good chunk of it at the beach which was lovely. Had me very entranced. The last half took a turn I didn’t expect but I appreciate it didn’t last too long.
Meggie is a complex and unreliable narrator which I always enjoy. She has such an idealized view of Sabine that it’s distorted. She really only knows what Sabine chooses to tell her regardless of the truth of any of it.
I appreciated how it spoke about the different experiences and intimacies with men and women. And how they are challenging in their own ways.
"I wanted to kiss her then, but recalled times with men when they'd converted an emotional moment into an opportunity for sex. How even when it was tender, I'd had this sense of rewarding their empathy, that they'd been hoping for the reward. It made me feel detached, slightly more alone. Not a big thing forgivable even. But I didn't want Sabine to feel like that. I didn't want her to feel alone at all."
“After my mother died a few years ago, peacefully but without resolution between us, the figure in my mind shifted from threatening to intermittently sympathetic.”
This was a good read. Read a good chunk of it at the beach which was lovely. Had me very entranced. The last half took a turn I didn’t expect but I appreciate it didn’t last too long.
Meggie is a complex and unreliable narrator which I always enjoy. She has such an idealized view of Sabine that it’s distorted. She really only knows what Sabine chooses to tell her regardless of the truth of any of it.
I appreciated how it spoke about the different experiences and intimacies with men and women. And how they are challenging in their own ways.
"I wanted to kiss her then, but recalled times with men when they'd converted an emotional moment into an opportunity for sex. How even when it was tender, I'd had this sense of rewarding their empathy, that they'd been hoping for the reward. It made me feel detached, slightly more alone. Not a big thing forgivable even. But I didn't want Sabine to feel like that. I didn't want her to feel alone at all."
candeegirl's review
2.5
slow at times, and a bit jumpy, some really good lines and I do love a messy story-- however the ending was like actually awful
aarikdanielsen's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
kgereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
YOU'VE GOT A NINE TO FIVE SO I’LL TAKE THE NIGHTTTTTT SHIFTTTTTT
literarycrushes's review
3.0
Nightshift is a story of obsession and idolization. It’s the late ‘90s. It’s East London. Meggie is a formless character whose main personality trait is that she doesn’t have one. Her opinions are easily swayed by the slightest suggestions, and she lives her life as though it were a thing happening to her rather than something she’s actively participating in (of her two-year relationship she says, “You know when you’re in a relationship that keeps going because you don’t get round to ending it?”).
Then Sabine shows up. She is ‘exotic’ (She speaks French. She’s been to Morocco. She refers to her exes as “past lovers.”) and Meggie develops a visceral crush-cum-obsession with her that overtakes her life. When Sabine suggests Meggie joins her in joining the nocturnal world of the nightshift, she follows. Meggie lets her life unravel as she allows Sabine to toy with her (mostly for her own entertainment) as she explores the shadows of a life lived entirely in the dark and the new facets of herself that they bring out.
The premise of the book was fun and unique, but never quite took off. I liked that the pacing felt like a thriller, but the stakes were never that high. The characters felt formless in a way that was difficult to engage with, but at the same time, they were unlike any I’ve read in recent releases, and I imagine they’ll stay with me longer than other ones in books I did enjoy. Honestly, I feel like I need to sit with this one a little longer and let it digest but would love to hear the thoughts of anyone who’s read it!
Then Sabine shows up. She is ‘exotic’ (She speaks French. She’s been to Morocco. She refers to her exes as “past lovers.”) and Meggie develops a visceral crush-cum-obsession with her that overtakes her life. When Sabine suggests Meggie joins her in joining the nocturnal world of the nightshift, she follows. Meggie lets her life unravel as she allows Sabine to toy with her (mostly for her own entertainment) as she explores the shadows of a life lived entirely in the dark and the new facets of herself that they bring out.
The premise of the book was fun and unique, but never quite took off. I liked that the pacing felt like a thriller, but the stakes were never that high. The characters felt formless in a way that was difficult to engage with, but at the same time, they were unlike any I’ve read in recent releases, and I imagine they’ll stay with me longer than other ones in books I did enjoy. Honestly, I feel like I need to sit with this one a little longer and let it digest but would love to hear the thoughts of anyone who’s read it!