Reviews

The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin

pachomacho's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

saliomie's review

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

Good but felt like it could have gone so many places but decided to go nowhere. In some ways it worked, and in some ways I felt disappointed. Beautiful writing style but at times seemed insecure. Overall i liked a lot, i just got bored (though that’s not necessarily the book’s fault).

emilyegg's review

4.0

this was an emotional ROLLERCOASTER

clarissantsa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

panicmeister's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

orneryalways's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

eleanor_rose22's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

This was v beautifully written and a gorgeous, reflective read on the sometimes tragic reality of love, devotion, and relationships. I loved how it flickered between the past and present, the momentousness of A&E’s first love and their second attempt all those years later - it felt like we were with them, going over and over those feelings and that nostalgia, processing through the novel as they did with their music or poetry. Really imaginative retelling of Oprheus and Euripides, and I loved the insight into fame and parasocial devotion too. My heart was lowkey shattered it didn’t work for them 

lua_lazo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

mflude's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

merc22's review

4.0

This was a really interesting book, I think it played a lot on a very unique kind of romantic relationship that I don't really see portrayed which is the negative aspects of being someone's everything. The kind of love between the two main characters made me think about the love held between two people constantly intertwining but never quite fitting in each others lives (which I can relate to iykyk) I mean I was josh safdezzzzz muse in uncut gemszzz.