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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
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Character
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Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Felt like scrolling over a very scattered brain.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
A bit scatterbrained, but does a good job emulating mundane absurdity of the end times. She doesn’t write nearly as well in this one, which i think can partly be attributed to the subject matter and style, but I found it difficult to stay focused, especially with such a sparse story. Feels very 2016-2020, which I understand, but it’s hard to think back to that time period when we’re in the 2nd trump term. Feels very naive in comparison.
That being said, it’s a pretty unique book that scratches at the modern experience. To live so fragmented and contextually can be exhausting and hopeless and everything else that Offill evokes. And yet through it all, I think of what she writes near the end, “All these people. I have so many people, you wouldn't believe it.”
That being said, it’s a pretty unique book that scratches at the modern experience. To live so fragmented and contextually can be exhausting and hopeless and everything else that Offill evokes. And yet through it all, I think of what she writes near the end, “All these people. I have so many people, you wouldn't believe it.”
dark
emotional
slow-paced
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Character
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Good, but Lockwood did it better.
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
words can’t describe how good this is. no notes- my favorite read of 2025 thus far.
The form is certainly inventive, but what is actually written felt ordinary.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love a good spiral into despair. Short fragmented thoughts feel like real life.
All I can think about is the year 2047 and wonder if we made a big mistake by investing in a house rather than supplies and land for the end.
i think i liked this? it definitely resonated with me. it’s basically a woman’s stream of consciousness as she spirals trying to take care of the people she loves and becomes increasingly concerned about climate change. something about the writing, maybe the fragmented style of it, didn’t work for me until i started to feel many of my own anxieties reflected by the book, and then it clicked