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Brutes

Dizz Tate

3.31 AVERAGE

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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alisha247's review

2.5
adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-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

i’m not really sure what i read here but it very much felt like a fever dream, and im sure i have missed a lot of the messaging and allegory that others seem to have benefitted from. i will say that i can see the comparisons to the virgin suicides, and i do truly love a coming of age narrative. that nostalgia is front and present, and the real highlight of this book is its ability to immerse you in its time and setting. i’ve never stepped foot in the USA, never mind florida, but this transported me there very easily.
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious reflective fast-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: Complicated
dark reflective fast-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: Yes
challenging dark funny sad

still trying to wrap my head around some of the metaphors / surrealism / etc. but i love books about weird girls doing weird things 💖

i promise y’all i wanted to love this so bad! there were some fantastic, observational/introspective lines but they were amongst what can only be described as nonsense pretending at profound. i can’t even like the vibes here because none of the words even feel like prose, and everything is so vague it can’t possibly be atmospheric. the slivers of plot and characterization were atrocious. i just ????
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes