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The Compound

Aisling Rawle

3.81 AVERAGE

deeonuhhh's review against another edition

3.75

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

jen_sometimes's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Interesting premise. Uninteresting characters. I didn't really liked any of them. Pacing on the book was really off for me.

Content Warnings

skyhigh_99's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Either the book should’ve been shorter with less build up to the final five OR they should’ve been able to talk about their personal lives the entire time to make the entire book interesting. I was a really slow read until about 60% in and then everything got interesting. I do love the authors commentary on consumerism and society’s need of endless entertainment to forget about real world issues

divine_sinz's review against another edition

2.5

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

So this book was interesting. Felt like I spent the whole time waiting for something to happen but it never really did outside the scope of a reality dating show. The backdrop of a world with only 20 years left was left undefined and up to your imagination. The main character was intentionally vapid and shallow but good natured. I guess if you like cutthroat dating type reality shows, this book may be for you. I'm personally not a fan of reality television so I kinda fail to the see the point of this book.