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Hot Milk

Deborah Levy

3.56 AVERAGE


Some people will hate this book, and I thought I did to begin with, but this book is delightfully filled with nonsensical characters and a thousand questions that we’ll never get the answers to (unless the author did a tell-all and that would be deeply unsatisfying)
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
reflective medium-paced

angeluhxx's review

5.0
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Loveable characters: No

beautiful lines of prose, intensely dysfunctional characters, unsure how I felt about it overall. I love looking at the inner workings of family ties, and what we feel we owe to one another, the narratives we craft about our place in the world etc. I didn’t enjoy reading this, or any of the characters really, but it was captivating all the same. 
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad

Felt like it was trying hard to be deep and profound, but it was okay.
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leijonakuu's review

4.0
mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

alexcarazanu's review

4.0
sad fast-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