Reviews

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

babiri's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book is summertime—youth, nostalgia, hazy Taipei humidity, broken relationships. i have yet to fully put my thoughts in order, but i loved this book.

ckeeve's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Love a slow build queer drama. Embracing and (re)articulating one's difference and humanity while trying to build the grammars to do so. Many things left unstated, but if you know you know. Many things left to be figured out in ongoing messy and deeply reflective ways.

ormle's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I couldnt put this book down, I think this is one of my fav reads of 2024 so far. 
The writing depicts emotions of yearning, desire, hardships and the relationships between each characters so well. Its like if the characters soul was put onto the pages, their thoughts and how they perceived others talking was articulated so well it felt like I was doing the thinking myself sometimes. No wonder this book is a classic and to anyone else I would say this is a must read. I've never wanted to highlight/underline so many sentences before.
The pacing of the book is handled very well as it takes place over 4/5 years of the characters life in college and is done so in a short amount of pages. 
Definitely a book that made me feel, and hit me internally.
 Love love loveee this book and I can't wait to come back and re read it again. <3

desireewoodwhite's review

emotional reflective medium-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

3.0

luckylex's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

lilly_isabel's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

katieeeee's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

shooshmack's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

llnstr's review

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

ilovemoony's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5