3.73k reviews for:

Vuggesang

Leïla Slimani

3.3 AVERAGE

dark mysterious slow-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
dark reflective tense slow-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
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I wanted to like this a lot more than I did, and I expected to. It felt hard to follow, creepy but so slow at times that I almost couldn't keep track of what was going on. Just wasn't for me.
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It seems that this book is well liked. I found it creepy and classicist.
dark
Plot or Character Driven: Character
dark tense slow-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

I read Adele by Leila Slimani first and preferred that to Lullaby, I was expecting it to be the other way around. Lullaby is described as a thriller which I think is misleading. There are no unexpected twists. I love Leila's writing style and that kept me turning the pages, but I didn't connect to any of the characters, they didn't feel fully fleshed out to me.
dark emotional mysterious tense 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

so so creepy. felt like something was crawling under my skin the more i read.