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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
THERE'S SO MUCH PACKED INTO THIS BOOK!!! HOLY CRAP!!! I consistently felt myself immersed anyways.
The way Hawkins writes is captivating. What a unique and horrifying setting and story. This is one of those books where I wanted to (and did) stay up way too late reading simply because I couldn't stop. I wanted to know more. I DO think it was a little too convoluted at times, but I think that's partially because I've never read anything quite like this. Delightfully bizzare and wild.
The way Hawkins writes is captivating. What a unique and horrifying setting and story. This is one of those books where I wanted to (and did) stay up way too late reading simply because I couldn't stop. I wanted to know more. I DO think it was a little too convoluted at times, but I think that's partially because I've never read anything quite like this. Delightfully bizzare and wild.
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
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
3.75 stars
I am very torn about this review. I found this book difficult to rate. The overall story was very good, but most of the book was just very weird. While I enjoy weird books and often seek them out, this was almost too bizarre even for me. Like other readers I also felt that not all questions were answered by the end of the book. I also agree that the ending was a bit strange - while it seemed that most of the plot wrapped up at 70%, the book went on for quite a bit more. While most of the book held my attention, parts of it seemed to drag a bit. This book really needs to come with a lot of trigger warnings: gore/violence (lots of it), abuse, animal death, rape (off page).
I am very torn about this review. I found this book difficult to rate. The overall story was very good, but most of the book was just very weird. While I enjoy weird books and often seek them out, this was almost too bizarre even for me. Like other readers I also felt that not all questions were answered by the end of the book. I also agree that the ending was a bit strange - while it seemed that most of the plot wrapped up at 70%, the book went on for quite a bit more. While most of the book held my attention, parts of it seemed to drag a bit. This book really needs to come with a lot of trigger warnings: gore/violence (lots of it), abuse, animal death, rape (off page).
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Char has excellent premises: a library of knowledge, but as you've rarely seen it in action before! However I'm not completely convinced.
From confusing beginnings, this moved into a very strong middle section and then, for whatever reason, fell apart toward the end of the book. Granted, many interesting things can be said about the way in which conversations, narrative focus, and character-building change through to the conclusion, but I also wonder about narrative structure changing the goalposts, so to speak. Anyway, Char is an excellent book and worth your time especially if you're open to fluidly exploratory models of storytelling and character building.
From confusing beginnings, this moved into a very strong middle section and then, for whatever reason, fell apart toward the end of the book. Granted, many interesting things can be said about the way in which conversations, narrative focus, and character-building change through to the conclusion, but I also wonder about narrative structure changing the goalposts, so to speak. Anyway, Char is an excellent book and worth your time especially if you're open to fluidly exploratory models of storytelling and character building.