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whatthesquids's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
I bounced off this book hard and wouldnt have finished it if it didnt have annotations from my grandfather in it. I feel like it would be better if his editor had made him remove 20% before publishing. I dont know, maybe i wasnt able to engage with it on its level. I left feeling like i had my time wasted.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Antisemitism, Slavery, and Suicide attempt
uncancelthefuture's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Pedophilia, Colonisation, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Genocide
Minor: Antisemitism and Transphobia
andpasturesnew's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Hard to distill my thoughts here. Such breadth in content, as well as quality. The bifurcated narratives that eventually convene was fascinating and meaningful--one of the many, many renditions or iterations of the metaphor and idea of V. that are to be found in the novel. In general the Stencil chapters were far stronger, with "Mondaugen's Story" the clear gem of the novel. Profane was compelling as far as the characters went but the shenanigans of the whole sick crew became trite within a couple bouts. Overall a strong, very strong novel that began to lose it lustre by page 450. I'm holding the standards of my review high because this is Pynchon after all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Sexual assault
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