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Aquarium by David Vann

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

I have an extremely hard time rating this. It falls somewhere between 3 and 4 when I compare with other books on my lists.
I have such conflicting feelings about this book. 

The book started too slow for my liking, so at some point I even thought it would be a DNF for me. Am I glad I finished? Yes and no. Yes, because the story was good, it made me feel all sorts of emotions and I’m ‘glad’ I got to see what happened. But no, because I don’t really see the point in the story ? (That may just be my issue). The ending felt short. Unfinished. 
The writing wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t for me I think. Even though I felt ALL the emotions and bookmarked MANY pages, I still don’t feel like I got anything out of it. 

I just genuinely don’t know how to feel about this one. I don’t want to rate it lower, because the book itself isn’t bad necessarily. I also don’t want to rate it too high, because I don’t think it’s great.

No matter what I rate it, the fact is that it’s a dark, emotional and horrifying read at times; but I could imagine this happening, even if I don’t want to. I can guarantee that one way or the other this book will make you feel something.

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