Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Y/N by Esther Yi

6 reviews

gemmu's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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bekkah_co's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I listened to this with my partner as we were on a road trip, and all I have to say is what the hell. The author does have a knack for writing artistically (if you're in a college creative writing course). If you are someone who is looking for a book that is well written but has the weirdest content, pick this one up. Genuinely, the amount of times I had to pause this audiobook to process the words was too many times to count. 

Now, this book did try really hard to give an introspective look on fandom spaces, but as someone who actively studies and researches fandom spaces, I'm disappointed. And disturbed. I know some KPOP stans can be a little wonky. I like KPOP. I have friends who are like mega-stans. I know there are weirdos that say unhinged shit. However, putting the worst a community has to offer into a book and then publishing it and forcing someone to narrate is just criminal. I hope she got paid well for reading "I went to a KPOP concert after being a hater and now I imagine my boyfriend having a three-way with a KPOP boy who I compare to a neck with a penis."

With all this being said, I am so sorry to my future students who I will make read/listen to this.
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disguisedposer's review

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

2.0

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thebookpaiges's review

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challenging dark reflective medium-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

5.0

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sissizc's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

First 1 star review 

Premise is interesting, failed on execution. 
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rokinjaguar's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

4.0

I’m an idiot who literally never thinks that
a book could have an unreliable narrator unless it’s extremely obvious
so the ending really threw me for a loop at first. Immediately after finishing the book, I was confused and thought it was pointless, but after thinking more about what the ending implied for the rest of the story, it changed my perspective. Now I have a decent amount of appreciation for what the story was trying to say, and I think it executed it pretty well. I still feel it was a bit too artsy for its britches and I’m still kind of “…so what about that?” about it, but I gained something from the read and enjoyed myself and it was very memorable, so overall I liked it. 
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