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3.18 AVERAGE
3.18 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Had me hiding under the covers and falling in love with reading all over again.
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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
Some stretches of truly incredible prose and dialogue, and some brilliant character sketches, don't quite make up for the slogging self-indulgence of the thin plot or an environmental message that constantly steps on its own toes. The author gives up on all plant and animal life on planet earth pretty early on, but shows little awareness of the catastrophic effects climate collapse has on human life. People starve, but mainly in the way of needing a snack real bad; there's global conflict, but mainly in the form of isolated quirky ineffectual eco terrorists; what's going on outside of these weird socially isolated white-majority enclaves? Nothing, probably.
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"Harrow" by Joy Williams was obviously powerful, but I couldn't hang on to the surrealistic post-apocalyptic story. Funny and compelling in parts, but the climax wrapped around a Kafka and Greek mythology was more than I wanted.