Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

5 reviews

caseythereader's review

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

3.75


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tomnoor's review against another edition

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dark sad

3.0

It’s not that I didn’t like this book, it’s  just that the entire thing read as if it were an introductory chapter to the real story which we never get to. 

Also, just a weird thing I noticed and totally unrelated to the plot or themes- I counted at least 10 occasions when a character’s primary physical description was just whether they were skinny or not. No hair color, no clothing description…idk, it felt very insidious to me, like no wonder little kids grow up so self conscious when YA messaging is subtly insisting that weight is their most important attribute. Part of this is maybe bc the characters are going through adolescence and are hyper aware of changing bodies, but it just felt unnecessary that even in apocalyptic times the 23 year old narrator was still so focused on how much those children (let’s be real, mostly the girls) had weighed ten years earlier.

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kstericker's review against another edition

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

5.0


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sophiemiles's review

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

4.0


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fionac326's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0


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