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The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

papayat's review against another edition

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

3.75


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lunamorte33's review against another edition

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

4.5

Uhm I enjoyed it. It was very well written and very imaginative but damn was it just …f*cked. Weirdly a love story? Ending was cute 😂 
Very short and the audio book was great. I recommend 

bug03's review against another edition

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

4.5

dark, intense, lyrical, and beautiful. i loved this book, and i really liked the ending 

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antonpugh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

beththeawkward's review against another edition

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The writing felt a little like the author had used a thesaurus to sound as smart as possible. She might know the correct usages of all those words, which is great, but I found their use incredibly distracting from the already vague plot happenings. Too vague for me to care about anything, regardless of the pretty writing. 

emilyplun's review against another edition

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Beautiful language and imagery, but there was nothing that made me wanna pick it back up

iceeckos12's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This book was all about the vibes

jmtleaf's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gorgeous, evocative and absolutely gore soaked. The terror and intimacy of consuming the other. Deep world building that trusts the audience. 

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matasatan's review against another edition

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4.0

Good read but kind of weird