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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
slow-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i feel like this is a book you could reread time and time again since it’s very well written! kind of poetic?
there are a lot of povs and characters, and i think i would have preferred fever characters and 1-2 povs.
there are a lot of povs and characters, and i think i would have preferred fever characters and 1-2 povs.
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I genuinely don’t understand all the praise about this book.
As much as I enjoy stories of complex family dynamics exploring relationships between father and daughter and between siblings, after a promising beginning, the story quickly lost steam and became not only forgettable but also annoying.
Maybe, my biggest issue here is that the characters and events were not fully believable - the father and the mother couldn’t have been more different, there were so many people in this house, it just felt very odd, the events that took place were not that interesting or maybe the writing didn’t make them seem interesting enough for me to care and all the “dark family secrets” felt cliché and fell flat. Each character appeared cold and distant and fake and in the end made the entire novel taste like cold bland soup.
By the end, I actually felt quite depressed by everyone’s behaviour - and bored.
As much as I enjoy stories of complex family dynamics exploring relationships between father and daughter and between siblings, after a promising beginning, the story quickly lost steam and became not only forgettable but also annoying.
Maybe, my biggest issue here is that the characters and events were not fully believable - the father and the mother couldn’t have been more different, there were so many people in this house, it just felt very odd, the events that took place were not that interesting or maybe the writing didn’t make them seem interesting enough for me to care and all the “dark family secrets” felt cliché and fell flat. Each character appeared cold and distant and fake and in the end made the entire novel taste like cold bland soup.
By the end, I actually felt quite depressed by everyone’s behaviour - and bored.
Found it very boring and privileged.
Very slow paced and I didn't feel engaged with the characters.