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Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman

13 reviews

sarah_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved the sarcastic tone of this book, especially the "Hermit Kingdom" digs at the UK throughout. The introspection about the relationship of the human race to the planet as a whole and other species was really interesting, although sometimes a little long-winded and self-flagellating. I really enjoyed the ending, I thought it was a good blend of realism and sci fi that made it extremely satisfying.

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carolined314's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.25

A twisty, savage, hilarious rollercoaster.

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katy_bee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed reading this and wanted to know how it all unfolded. There were some nonetoosubtle messages about the nature of capitalism and human beings' capacity to destroy the environment without any individual really trying. There was fun world building too.

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frankieclc's review against another edition

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2.5

kinda wish I'd listened to the audiobook the whole way through cause this was difficult to read, like the idea, didn't love the execution

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w0rmonastring's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

every part of this novel was either unlikable characters having alien sounding dialogue in a stilted attempt at comedy OR a technical aspect of this near-future universe being over explained in dragging detail.

with that being said, the story did hook me and a lot of the commentary is very timely and made me reconsider my role in the climate crisis and the future of a neoliberal, globalized world.

while i wish the prose was different so that i could have been more entranced with the novel, it was an overall enjoyable read with some very poignant speculations about the future of not just the human species, but those who have shared the planet with us for generations

<i> “Yet the reason she found this so hard to accept was not because of the improbability that it could all just peter out after a quadrillion rounds, but because of the improbability that it should ever have happened in the first place.

Evolution was a monstrous maker, a blind heedless thing inching along in no particular direction, the whole disaster fueled by spilled blood and wasted effort, Amazon rivers of both.” </i>

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velvet_young's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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mvaba00's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful reflective fast-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

4.75

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liz4242's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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annerbtw's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Ugh, I'm kinda bummed I didn't like this as much as I thought I would.
The dialogue was super enjoyable, the concept was great... but there is so much detail. TOO much detail. In between the sections of dialogue are 5-10 pages of history (sometimes), which I feel could be summed up into 2-3 paragraphs at most. It made me feel like I was rushing through the history to get to the good parts. I think Ned feels like we need to know more than we ACTUALLY do to understand what he was getting at. Either way, it was okay... I just didn't love the way it was executed. 😟

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yaoipaddle's review against another edition

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challenging funny fast-paced

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

4.75

4.75

I felt it was realistic enough for me to enjoy but still fantastical enough for me to not feel stressed about irl issues. (I already know things are terrible. Go beyond that.) I think the dry humor in the story and characters really helped.

I loved the two leads! Halyard is sooo pathetic it's awesome. And Resaint is so weird I love her.

The world building is interesting but often times it is just dumped on you which made this book take a while for me to finish. It felt like an overload of info at times. This gets easier to manage like 40% in.

The epilogues are great and it sparked my interest in the story much like how Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep did. You really feel like you are being pulled in for the ride and made to think about what you are reading. I'm still kinda thinking about the endings.

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