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Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

3.95 AVERAGE

bananafish_books's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eveworkman's review against another edition

4.0

so gagged this unfolded at 18 park circus - wish the film had kept all the glasgow references

rgcmama's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

abigail17_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark funny mysterious 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

matti13's review against another edition

4.0

Ma che piacevole scoperta! Un libro atipico, con una narrazione che ti porta ad approfondire i vari punti di vista!
Non un romanzo perfetto, personalmente ho trovato le ultime pagine più lente (per quanto comunque interessanti), ma questo essere unico nel suo genere me lo ha fatto apprezzare molto! Ora sono curioso di leggere altre opere di questo autore

elementmatter's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

christinefrankschultz's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

shannondanter's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarahcatherineg's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fbushra's review against another edition

1.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I hate the characters in this novel especially the narrator which I guess the author did a good job making you feel that way about it. The thing is, the narrator goes on tangents that I think are excessive and honestly hard to get through because they’re so long and at times unnecessary. The only good thing about this novel is epilogue

it comes from Bella’s perspective and it essentially debunks everything the narrator says cause he has an inferiority complex and isn’t man enough to get over himself

Would I say this novel is for me… no but I can have a glimpse of why people like it since it’s similar to the novel Lolita (to each their own I guess)

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