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Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins

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duhkota_reads13's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

rachellemarcotte's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

This was so heartbreaking and enthralling to read, you knew it was going to end badly and at most times it was already going downhill but I found myself continuing to hope it would be kind of ok right up to the inevitable outcome. They’re all just so young and high school sucks and growing up is hard and in reality everyone is confused and anxious but when you’re 16 you feel like you’re the only one. Foster Dade the sad boy with the sad eyes I’m so sorry for you

ecox180's review

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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

The thing about me is that I love a good bilsdungroman, most especially when they can capture the zeitgeist of the late 00s/early 10s. Like an iTunes playlist capturing my exact early adolescent playlists of radio friendly indie pop? Say less.

The downfall of Foster Dade was that it was incredibly verbose. Like, l found myself speed reading through parts because they were so wordy and I just wanted the plot to advance already. This book would have been way better if it had been cut in the half and all of the pretentious rambling edited out. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the plot and so it’s a solid 3.5 stars for me.

ritajuanita's review

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A lot of dense exposition that doesn’t add to the story. I may go back to it, as I’m interested, but it’s been a bit of a slog, so far.

alyssajcori's review against another edition

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3.0

I gave this book 3 stars because of all of the new vocabulary I was exposed to and the solid writing and pacing. Unfortunately the story was just not for me. The novel is framed up with a reporter as the narrator who is investigating a scandal at a boarding school in the North East. However, the perspective changes to the main character and the scenes are impossibly detailed if it is in fact the reporter who is narrating.

All that aside, there is a lot of sexual content which is uncomfortable in and of itself, made even worse because it's about high school students. There are drugs and violence and I can't recommend this book because of the content.