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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

355 reviews

mabbysampkins's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5


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plantsandbooksandrocks's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.5


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frinsreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.0


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hello_lovely13's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.5


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erose99's review against another edition

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

4.5


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thecatmouse's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.75

uuuuuffffff this book was a lot…
you get swept off with the first two parts, the back and forth of the narration (even though why is Ruth so detestable? really hope the author wasn’t depicting herself fr cause girl that character was boring and flat as hell), the mystery is a page turner 
and then 
it gets so grim… for basically no reason
the topics were heavy but for the first two parts it made sense, after that well suicide, bullying, WWII, a tsunami were enough, rape and prostitution? a bit much if i may 
although the introduction to zen theories and practices was so informative, yeah the ending about quantum physics bored me so much I almost didn’t finish the book 

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rarasreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0


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miiii's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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clamduncan's review against another edition

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Too slow, it wasn't keeping my attention. And it was dealing with heavy stuff I wasn't in the right headspace for.

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suitcaselife's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Book club read, a star less as I'm not a big fan of magical realism - but other than that, the book total swallowed me.

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