Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - Tajemna historia

I've come to the conclusion that long books aren't for me. This was supremely well written, deep in ways I can't fully appreciate. There were times when I loved it, I enjoyed the big philosophical thoughts even though I'm not well-educated enough to have understood them all. Some of the descriptions were absolutely incredible, particularly the description of Hampton on the day Bunny's body was found. The characters were meant to be unlikable I understand that. Yet that meant that as the drama unfolded at various points in the book, after much slow unfolding, I simply did not care what happened to anyone apart from the cat. Also because I didn't like the characters a lot of the drama between the protagonists left me cold and irritated. my favourite bit probably was the epilogue because it sped up to a pace I enjoy.
The almost slower than real time telling of some of the scenes did get me appreciating the style occasionally, it opened up a new part of reading that I've never really had access to. But then at the times it was just frustratingly slow.
I'm glad I read it but I didn't love it.

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libellumartinae's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative 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

3.25

Alright, I just think that this genre of dark academia is just not my cup of tea, as I oftentimes aim for something far more uplifting. Especially in this case, although I did love the obvious criticism of the elitist nature of academia with characters such as Henry and Julian (hated them), I still felt like the writing in itself was so exceedingly classist and boring, to the point that after a streak of constantly reading one book after another, this was probably the one I got stuck on the most throughout this first year. Can't deny the obvious mastermind behind this creation, but I also can't deny that it isn't my thing. Definitely a worthy read with the lyricism of writing and the building of the characters but ugh. Not my cup of tea.

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kierrareads_'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Really should've read the content warnings going into this book!

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mskingbean69's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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luise96's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I don’t know… the first half was incredibly good and I could barely put the book down. After that it got a lot slower. It is written beautifully and the characters are all very interesting (except for the protagonist, who I thought was very dull and I kept forgetting his name).

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