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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
I suppose it’s not fair to take a star away simply because this novel didn’t do what I’d started to hope it would do when I was about 50 pages in: give us the inside of a Musk/Grimes family epic. However, what it did do was pretty extraordinary. It’s a three-part, three-genre suspense. I’ll admit that the first part was by far my favorite. It provided such powerful insights into contemporary human psychological experiences in a way that felt so effortless and endearing. It had seamless free indirect speech inflected with charming, didactic platitudes: Mira could not understand “the difference between running towards something, and running away” (17). Post part one, the book simply got too plotty for me. Nonetheless, absolutely a thrilling read from start to finish.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
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
ughhh the edings so rushed and imso pissed off and the starts boring but still 5⭐️
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Maybe I'll write a full review of this sometime, but damn this book just fucked me up. Eleanor Catton is a genius and this novel is absolutely haunting. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a long time.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
I really enjoyed this book, especially the first half. After Robert Lemoine turned up and the story became more “thriller-y” I felt it weakened slightly.