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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, War
This type of story is my catnip. I love alternate realities that may or may not be alternate or reality.
I really liked pretty much everything about this novel. The characters, the set up, environments, etc. The physics mentioned made my eyes glaze over, and there is one major loose end unresolved at the end of everything, but otherwise the story really grabbed my brain and jiggled it (enjoyably, of course).
I really liked pretty much everything about this novel. The characters, the set up, environments, etc. The physics mentioned made my eyes glaze over, and there is one major loose end unresolved at the end of everything, but otherwise the story really grabbed my brain and jiggled it (enjoyably, of course).
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Best novel of 2013 so far and the best Robert Jackson Bennett book to date. Like his previous novella, To Be Read Upon Your Waking, American Elsewhere is both a homage and a critic to H.P. Lovecraft, being as terrifying and as haunting, but is written in a much better prose, with less adjectives, with a little humor and with some great female characters. And the love story between the two women is one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking I've read in the last couple of years. HPL must be screaming in his grave.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
slow-paced
Moody, atmospheric, creepy-crawly vibes. THE BIGGEST BOOK HANGOVER OF MY LIFE!
If anyone sees this review and knows of a similar book please let me know!
*recommended by JT
If anyone sees this review and knows of a similar book please let me know!
*recommended by JT
SO so so good - perfect twin peaks-y weird mystery vibes. Only missed 5 stars as it didn’t grab me as intensely after the ~reveal~ started to fall into place.