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Supermarket

Bobby Hall

2.98 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious fast-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

The book starts out with a jolt grounded in realism and includes some interesting parts interjected with sections directly addressing the reader and referencing the whole art of how the book came together. However, Part 2 sets off on an entirely different course and the whole thing ends unceremoniously thus resulting in dissatisfaction. Okay but not something I’d go out of my way to read.

Really bad
dark sad 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

A good thriller for me isn't one that keeps me guessing, its one that hints at each step until the final page, THEN throws a curveball. Supermarket had its predictable moments, but even in those moments I was hungry to know how exactly they would play out. Flynn's journey is something many people with mental illness will find some sort of companionship in, and the occasionally erratic writing style is sure to throw you into his state of mind and truly absorb the reader, like Frank absorbed Flynn.

I haven't been this angry to finish a book in a while.
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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challenging dark emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Seesh, lost me at the "Edward Norton" from "Darjeeling limited publishers".

Read like an English essay written the night before it was due. I am sorry. But I will be dnf-ing this one.