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neonskylite's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I don't understand the complaints about how the Riddleyspeak is pointless or difficult to understand - to paraphrase Hoban himself in the afterword the reader who sounds things out and uses a little imagination can understand it, and that hurdle is worth all the benefits Riddleyspeak brings to the novel. It slows down the reader's understanding so they experience things at the same pace as Riddley (who hasn't had the tension ruined when a character finds an Object that they don't know but is plainly obvious? How many people realised the Salt 4/Saul & Peter was saltpetre to make gunpowder first go around ?) and reveals so much about the post-atomic society - experimenting becomes spare the mending, as doing science would be associated with preventing the irradiated world from healing. He parbly ben the best looking new spel I seen any how there hadnt ben none for a long time befor him nor I aint looking to see none agen
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My storys tol
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My storys tol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Child abuse
sssaff's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
3.0
You know when you see/ read/ watch something and you’re like ‘wow I love what you did with this medium. This is an amazing artwork congrats’ but then you don’t super love the work on a more personal and intimate level?
It’s like I think this is objectively great but on a personal note not really for me, thank you, well done?
Those are my main feelings about this book.
It’s like I think this is objectively great but on a personal note not really for me, thank you, well done?
Those are my main feelings about this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape
Moderate: Sexual harassment
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