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The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

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lunaseline's review against another edition

4.0

169 sidor. Ett helt världsbygge, en hel relation, ett fullständigt brott.
Dessutom behövde jag slå upp 6-7 ord, pga avancerad vokabulär.
Man gillar ju författare som litar på sina läsare och inte löjlar runt med överförklaringar.
Den här läsaren fattade först i en av slutscenerna att båda huvudpersonerna är kvinnor - men det säger nog mer om mitt normtänk än min läsförståelse. (Ekosystem-grejen fattade jag i alla fall - det hade jag precis undervisat om!)
Kul liten sak, med snygg titel.

lx2's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

perfect!!! no notes!!! give me more!!

zober's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.25

Close to a 3.5.

This was good - I like the world of the novella, and would definitely read more in this setting. But the plot here wasn't particularly compelling. There was a mystery to be solved, but it didn't ever feel important or urgent until the last 30 minutes of the four hour audiobook. But the setting was fun and I like the characterizations of Mossa and Pleiti.

While I agree that the unilateral decision-making of the villain is bad, I didn't think the actual idea was that bad. I was more against approach of the Department of Classics tbh.

Multiple times Pleiti had some dialogue lines followed by "I expostulated", which brought me out of the story each time because it's seemed like such odd phrasing to me.

kasss's review against another edition

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2.5

I was told this was a “murder mystery” but it fell sooooo short. I didn’t care for the characters, the motives or the world building. The lacklustre plot didn’t justify the pretentious writing style (faux Doyle?), and equally pretentious style of speaking of the characters (if the story had been less of a disappointment I may have excused it but instead I was just annoyed).