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breekeeler's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Definitely a no plot, just vibes book. Some of the vignettes really worked for me, while others didn’t work as well. Cusk does a really excellent job of rendering men who are threatening and unsettling in precisely the way so many “non-threatening” men can be. And she has an incredible ability to capture all of the ways humans are pompous and self-absorbed and the strangeness of so much conversation, especially in contexts where we don’t know each other.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Sexual harassment
lain_darko's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Infidelity
Minor: Eating disorder
molly_may27's review against another edition
reflective
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
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
morganat57's review against another edition
medium-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
2.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Animal death
hannahlouise_'s review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
i don’t know what i expected when i set out reading this book but it wasn’t that? not really my style of writing but i did enjoy the way it’s told in conversations, a cool concept
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Animal death and Blood
moviemagus's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Interesting character studies flowing into eachother. I probably would have found it more interesting if I could have looked at the text - I shouldn't have read it as an audiobook. Maybe I'll revisit it as a physical book one day.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
linsobsessedwithartandbooks's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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
4.0
i mean ienjoyed the novel, it has beautiful writing, so a very nice read. i liked learning about the different characters, diving into their personal lives, their failing marriages and experiences. at times though, the writing got a little too pretentious? for me. no one talks like cusk writes and that's alright, but it makes the dialogue so unreal. at times whole paragraphs went over my head because the words used were so niche and as a non-native speaker it was hard to understand. still, i enjoyed it. this isn't a plot driven book, which i normally dislike, but it was still very interesting.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty
pdettore's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
rzh's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I did like parts of this, felt like it had a nice calm flow and i imagine it would be a nice reflective summer read, but other parts were just a bit dull and meandering if i’m honest. mixed feelings. 3 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Infidelity
_miray_'s review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty