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Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

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vernittae's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

notthatkenyon's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

grillofjustice's review against another edition

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5.0

Reading Jeff VanderMeer is like stumbling in a haze down an unfamiliar path. You are exposed to many things that defy common understanding and comprehension. Yet VanderMeer challenges you to accept what you cannot fathom.

mmarody's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

jackeller's review against another edition

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4.0

All the feels. A quiet story with startling depth about the end of the world and what it means to be a person. Minus a star for the prose, simply because I never quite got used to it, and even as it helped give the book it's own unique feel, I found myself re-reading sentences to find that my first read through was incorrect. But I ѓќ?‹?Џ Borne and I teared up at the end - a sign of a great story.

chaotic_calm's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 really. I loved lots of different parts of this book. At first, it was the descriptive language that really drew me in. VanderMeer described the landscape and the sci-fi scenes in such a way that made it really easy to develop an image in my head. Later in the book I found it harder, and I couldn't be sure if the language got more poetic, or I had less patience. I enjoyed the twist, even though so much of it was insinuated in the beginning, VanderMeer still kept some things hidden.