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Blackouts by Justin Torres

pleasereadittome's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

iantilnic's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ajgovin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

moominlove's review against another edition

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4.0

interesting!! i liked it. experimental. i liked the poems and I liked the characters relationship. sometimes felt pretentious but that’s ok. I liked the pacing. I liked the queerness. I liked Juan. I liked it !

candalma's review against another edition

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4.0

Says nothing and everything

maiakatherine's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jgspice's review against another edition

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5.0

What is a novel?

yuzulynx's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.0

madgerdes's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is definitely a book I’ll return to again! I’m too tired to write a bunch of coherent thoughts about this but maybe it’s time I finally read kiss of the spider woman 

kitmacneil's review against another edition

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dark informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5