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Brutes

Dizz Tate

3.31 AVERAGE

adventurous 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: No

I just found this dull, weird and confusing in places but not in an interesting way.
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This would've been a much better book had i understood what was going on at any point of the story

boring as shit, horrifically overwritten, pages and pages of nothing, no plot, pointless time jump chapters of characters i don’t know or care about

messy gross weird girlhood
dark mysterious 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
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ilovewongkarwai's review

4.0

This is weird and dark and disturbing and I loved it. I recommend reading it while listening to Preacher's Daughter by Ethel Cain.
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Paints a weirdly accurate and nostalgic picture of growing up in central FL, but I was so lost at the end 
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laureljeanreads's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 71%

The first 1/3 I was into but then it started the flip the time line and POV and I was struggling to tune into it. It's definitely unique and I liked initially where it was going. But by 70% the original plot or what resembled a plot was gone.

What did I just read.