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laura_sotillos's review
dark
sad
tense
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
2.5
I’ve really really enjoyed all of Emma Cline’s other books - I’ve read all of them up to date and I’m a person who rarely repeats authors (something about feeling like then I would be missing out on so many other voices… but anyway).
However this book was not for me. I think the character is very well defined and in the middle (about 150 pages in until more or less the end) I really enjoyed it. Even though I did not like Alex, the protagonist (who likes someone so adept at lying?), I was rooting for her at the end. But it took really long to get me interested (I persevered out of stubbornness) at the beginning and I found the ending deeply underwhelming.
Everyone has their own taste, but I would recommend starting with one of her previous books if it’s the first time you are reading Cline! Hope you enjoy whichever one you pick!
However this book was not for me. I think the character is very well defined and in the middle (about 150 pages in until more or less the end) I really enjoyed it. Even though I did not like Alex, the protagonist (who likes someone so adept at lying?), I was rooting for her at the end. But it took really long to get me interested (I persevered out of stubbornness) at the beginning and I found the ending deeply underwhelming.
Everyone has their own taste, but I would recommend starting with one of her previous books if it’s the first time you are reading Cline! Hope you enjoy whichever one you pick!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Misogyny
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Vomit
klpage's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I found this book very strange..
We follow Alex who essentially is mulling through life after making one mistake with her partner Simon.
She uses other people for her own personal gain, and not much happens in the book for me personally.
I didn’t feel any sympathy for the character because of the way she treated people in her line of work.
The book ended so abruptly I was so confused.
I understood the message that she was a young girl trying to survive but I don’t think it was very realistic.
Thank you Tandem Collective for sending me this to review. All opinions in this review are my own.
We follow Alex who essentially is mulling through life after making one mistake with her partner Simon.
She uses other people for her own personal gain, and not much happens in the book for me personally.
I didn’t feel any sympathy for the character because of the way she treated people in her line of work.
The book ended so abruptly I was so confused.
I understood the message that she was a young girl trying to survive but I don’t think it was very realistic.
Thank you Tandem Collective for sending me this to review. All opinions in this review are my own.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit and Drug use
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