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Pew by Catherine Lacey

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k_buck4's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

graygarrido's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Trying and failing to form the right words to explain what Catherine Lacey was able to accomplish with Pew. How fragile identity is, how limiting it is.

BRB

eligirl97's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

a_schwa's review against another edition

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5.0

A spiritual journey akin to the Alchemist.

autismandniamh's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

chuckstafer's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a miss for me. I was very intrigued by the mystery surrounding the plot of this novel and had seen many good reviews of it around the web so I was eager to give it a read and thought it would be a story that would lead to some crazy events or something. What I was presented with was a story about a small community thrown into confusion by the appearance of a mystery guest who progressively got more uneasy about their new guest, but that ultimately didn't really go anywhere. The slow-burning tension did build throughout the novel and seemed to be building to some big, cult-like ceremony that sounded like trouble, but ultimately it fizzled out into nothing. Kind of like a balloon that was being aired up but sprung a leak and slowly expelled all of it's contents and deflated.

The origin of the mysterious Pew was never revealed and I really think this story could have benefited from a longer "run time" to explore that more and could have really explored quite a few different ideas.

Ultimately, not a strong entry for me. The writing was good, I will give the author credit on that (and the audiobook narrator was great!) but from a story perspective, this just wasn't it for me.