978 reviews for:

Bitter Orange

Claire Fuller

3.54 AVERAGE

merri217's review against another edition

1.5

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

melissalouisereads's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wayward's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Murder

deschatjes's review against another edition

4.0

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Novel with a very strong sense of place, unreliable story-tellers and interesting characters with all kinds of psychological quirks

hayberk's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nouvellevogue's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mmsloan's review against another edition

4.0

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Reading this book I finally understand what reading something "for the vibes" is all about. Word to word, sentence to sentence, this book is highly evocative and successfully recreates the atmosphere of that one summer to which you can never return. Structurally there isn't much of a plot, which normally isn't my thing but dang, this book brought the vibes. Then BAM ten pages left in the book, the plot hits you over the head with a sledgehammer and throws you out a window. Then BAM five pages to go and ANOTHER big plot development that had been decaying under your nose all along.

My only issue is, what is the "small crime" ????

bethdawson's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious 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: Yes

joanna27's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cheries35plus's review against another edition

2.0

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A dilapidated estate makes a perfect setting. The author is a pro at descriptives, though maybe to a fault. This is an uneventful tale, literally. This plot is sorely lacking in ACTION or EVENTS to keep this reader interested. I skimmed so many pages of descriptives, waiting for something to happen, (though never in a suspenseful way, but in boredom.) 315 pages of mostly nothing but descriptives with an occasional conversation. An event happens in the last 20 pages that is supposed to be a twist or shocking, but it fell flat for me and it was not a surprise at all. The entire plot was lacking and needed more work--descriptives do not drive a plot, action and events do.