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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
If I could give this book more than five stars I would. Reading a short story collection and having each love interest be queer or wlw, let me see myself in so many characters. It was a truly unique and satisfying experience. Top that off with the fact that the writing was superb and poetic and just so GOOD. I wanted to reread as soon as I finished it. I'm seriously in love.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this book was delicious and sticky and made me feel full of language. melons and clouds and teeth and bones and ghosts and aunts and cousins and sapphics and hauntings and familial obligations. an abundance of relatives: countless family members each with their own stories (seven brothers, 12 widows, dozens of cousins). beautiful and disturbing prose in equal parts. lost parts of yourself and haunting parts of others.
the stories overlap and twist into each other, makes it hard for many to feel distinct but that was okay w me. It created a surreal fever dream experience
the stories overlap and twist into each other, makes it hard for many to feel distinct but that was okay w me. It created a surreal fever dream experience
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and One World for the e-book! Gods of Want is an obscure surreal collection of short stories. While some of the stories in here were really interesting, the surrealism was so much at times that it was very difficult to hold my attention on many of them. I can tell K-Ming Chang is a great writer by her way with words but I think I would prefer her writing style in the format of a novel rather than a short story compilation.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A