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Glitterland by Alexis Hall

21 reviews

dexlud's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A nice, well written book with a romance that starts out happy, then goes sad, and then becomes happy at the end. My main complaints are how the book deals with sensitive topics like depression and anxiety, mentioning them in places where they didn’t contribute anything to the story. It feels like they were randomly put there. Another annoyance is the dialogue, which feels incredibly forced in most places. There is also a sex scene in literally every chapter. Overall, a fun read that did make me laugh a bit, even with some quite big flaws.

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leaf_arrow's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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jencolumb0's review

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dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Parts of this book are hard to read, particularly if you have any direct or tangential experience with depression. Nonetheless, it all ends up okay and is a tender love story, which makes the difficult bits thoroughly worthwhile. (The easy, rooted perspective of Darian’s glitter pirate helps too.) The insight into the experience of depression and what it takes to re-establish oneself among the living is particularly important to have depicted in literature and I am glad that Hall has done so here.

As a Hall fan who read Boyfriend Material first, I thoroughly enjoyed the annotations to/extras included in this edition. Though they occupy different worlds, it was fun to see thee bits of Luc and Oliver rooted in Glitterland. Definitely a worthwhile read on multiple levels.

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carliejenkins24's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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hillcat8's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Ash's story is brought to life with care. The way the book is layed out helps to emphasize his emotional and mental state. The fact the Alexis Hall can bring such joy and comedic moments into such a dark storyline really brighten up the piece and keep you turning the next page. I absolutely loved all the characters. Alexis writes people with faults who make bad decisions but those decisions don't define them they just breathe life into them.

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lexa's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

This was a hard one to read and to rate, and still I kind of loved it?? Grumpy, bipolar Ash + sunshine glitter pirate Darian.

“you can have all my smiles, whenever i can find them.”

This book really showcased a difficult, and messy, and real relationship. I struggled a bit with the phonetically written Essex accent and there is some heavy subject matter. It’s not like any other romance I’ve read.

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ljedwards's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I can not speak coherently about this book - I’ve never read anything like it. It was beautiful and ugly, tender and a gut-punch, happy and sad tears throughout. Saying it’s a once in a lifetime book seems a bit grandiose, but it has definitely attached itself to my soul like no other book I can remember.

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