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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Devastating
“Mungo's capacity for love frustrated her.
His loving wasn't selflessness; he simply couldn't help it. Mo-Maw needed so little and he produced too much, so that it all seemed a horrible waste. It was a harvest no one had seeded, and it blossomed from a vine no one had tended.”
FFFFFFFFCKK all these adults!
I know life can hit really hard, but when children aren't protected, it makes me want to cage fight!
A really hard and at times, depressing read but with brilliant commentary on:
- Motherhood (and some of the ways it can thrust itself upon women and young girls.. sometimes even with children they didn't bear themselves)
- Queerness
- Childhood abuse
- Sibling comradery
There were so many hard to like characters in this book, but more frustratingly than that, as the reader, we understand them *punches myself in the face*
Very well written, great pacing and tone, an easier read than Shuggie even though it doesn't shy way from anything and I would definitely wait until you're in the right head space for it.
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fuck all these adults lol the sliver of hope in the end was very much needed
Some aspects that stood out for me include:
The dialogues feel so real, and every character is fully developed; I felt like these people exist.
The simplicity of the characters' motives makes the story believable and heartbreaking.
The descriptive aspects of the book feel a bit poetic, somehow finding beauty in the decadence.
The world presented in this book is raw and brutal, yet the book is so beautiful <3
The dialogues feel so real, and every character is fully developed; I felt like these people exist.
The simplicity of the characters' motives makes the story believable and heartbreaking.
The descriptive aspects of the book feel a bit poetic, somehow finding beauty in the decadence.
The world presented in this book is raw and brutal, yet the book is so beautiful <3