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I found this book on a list of divisive novels you should read, but found it arduous to read and unfulfilling. The tone is very distracting and only finished by listening to the audiobook on 1.5x. It felt like Zach Snyder wrote a novel, in the worst sense.

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

3.0

Should have been interesting but I got tired 40% of the way through and just skimmed the rest. Not really sure why I lost steam on it but at least it's done now 👍🏻

readerette's review

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Weird, pretty original, irreverently funny, and way too long. Lots of time skipping and POV shifting, so if that's not your thing, beware. The excessive length comes from how drawn-out the attack is as well as from lots of things that seem only partially related to the main story.

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nukie19's review against another edition

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dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

sam_hildebrandt's review against another edition

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1.0

I didn't enjoy the book because I found the layout distracting. There are two perspectives, Sarah and Rose; plus an objective article-like point of view. Additionally, within each of Sarah and Rose's sections, there are time jumps between the extremely short chapters. It was a little weird, and sometimes hard to keep the story lines straight.

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