Reviews with content warning for Drug use - Infamous

This book was something.
I enjoyed the premise but found it difficult to get into despite enjoying it, as I found Eddie quite unreasonable and annoying at the beginning. Overall I think my biggest issue with the book was its pacing of the story. It took a long time for the exciting part, the artists, to be introduced and when they did the final plottwist didn't leave enough pages for a proper resolution. Personally, I wish it had been paced different as I ended up growing fond of Eddie and her obliviousness. I enjoyed the rebellious writer for her time and Rose was a brilliant character and friend and so were Kitty and Valentine.
I initially enjoyed Nash bringing excitement to the story but I ended up flat out detesting him. Sadly this happened so late that it left me finishing the book with bitter feelings about what a foul person he is.

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.75

In a way, what I liked most about this book is how it realistically it portrays falling under the spell of someone who gaslights you. I do appreciate how delicately it was woven into this story, even if Eddie is absolutely insufferable at times. Overall I did enjoy this book, though I wish I could have had more Eddie and Rose time and less Nash overall.

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funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

this was a very smart little book. I really fucking loved it!!!

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noxii's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

an absolute delight to read!

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jules_reads_books's review

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funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

NEW FAVE I LOVE LEX CROUCHER

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lafi_he's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? Yes

2.75

I honestly don’t know how to feel about this book, I liked some aspects of the book but I couldn’t get myself to like the main character Eddie. She felt annoying, childish, careless and thoughtless. She couldn’t make one good decision and took everyone down with her, even her best friend. I would have much rather read the story from the perspective of Rose and Albert who are more mature and actually make smart decisions for themselves. I don’t see how any 22-year-old would be as stupid as Eddie, regarding interpersonal interactions, but at the same time write such a powerful book about interpersonal interactions. I think this book probably works for people that like to read YA which is not me and I wasn’t expecting it to be more a YA book since the main character is 22… I can’t say that this book was terrible, as I loved the historic setting, I really enjoyed that Eddie is a writer and all the friends she made and the interesting people she was surrounding herself with but I just can’t get myself to care for characters acting in the kind of way Eddie does.

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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