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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Children of Paradise is going to be a book that lingers for me. Perhaps because of the ick factor. But actually, I enjoyed the ick and how flawed the characters were. I really enjoyed, as a lover of the gothic novel, how central the cinema was within the book and how the eeriness just seemed to seep out of every wall and floor. Not a book if you hate talk of bodily functions. Apparently, reading this, I've come to find that doesn't bother me, oddly.
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is captivating from the beginning - magic realism or drug-fuelled trip? The story of a run-down cinema in a seaside town being dragged into the plastic-corporate of a modern chain. The story of it’s inhabitants- staff and clientele. It’s one of those books that will stay with me for a while.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-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
More like a 3.5
This book is creepy and tragic and the perfect example of you don’t know how good you had it and now it’s gone
This book is creepy and tragic and the perfect example of you don’t know how good you had it and now it’s gone
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a train wreck of writing I couldn’t look away, if it was any longer I would have dnf’d pretty early.
Had no idea what the author was trying to say, the narrator was so annoying (which is fine when done well), the whole thing felt shocking for shocking’s sake. None of the vivid bodily fluid descriptions were needed, every sex scene was gratuitous, every character lacked dimension, I couldn’t root for anyone because I didn’t care about anyone.
Had no idea what the author was trying to say, the narrator was so annoying (which is fine when done well), the whole thing felt shocking for shocking’s sake. None of the vivid bodily fluid descriptions were needed, every sex scene was gratuitous, every character lacked dimension, I couldn’t root for anyone because I didn’t care about anyone.