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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Phenomenal book! There’s some real heavy hitting stories that I enjoyed, it’s actually hard to say which ones are my personal favorites as all of these stories struck different chords. The ones that resonated with me are G, Tomorrow, Returning, Peking Duck, and Oranges- which include common themes of diaspora, toxic/abusive relationships, and uncertainty. The writing is brilliant and clever, and requires a level of deeper exploration that is hard to fully accomplish if you take continual breaks (which unfortunately I often will do). Overall, I highly encourage the read especially if you’re into the surrealist genre.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
intewesting. I feel like I need to talk to someone about this book to fully understand it. I also didn't realize it was a book of short stories until like the third short story. which is embarrassing because it says "stories" on the cover. but also the first two stories are sort of related. idk. I wanna take a drug called G and disappear sometimes.
challenging
funny
reflective
fast-paced
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a series of short stories so much as it is a series of short scenes.
The plot, and the characters are not kings here. It's a dreamy surrealism, a feeling of being in a place yet not quite connecting. Feeling like you ought to belong, like there ought to be a correct way of being, but you can't grasp how to do it. Just endless anxiety of not right.
I like this collection but it's like each story has these emotional walls and it feels inappropriate for me to interrogate them, somehow.
The plot, and the characters are not kings here. It's a dreamy surrealism, a feeling of being in a place yet not quite connecting. Feeling like you ought to belong, like there ought to be a correct way of being, but you can't grasp how to do it. Just endless anxiety of not right.
I like this collection but it's like each story has these emotional walls and it feels inappropriate for me to interrogate them, somehow.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Some were misses, some were absolute bangers, but all were written pretty well