Reviews

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

bluecanarylite's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse and Racism

jenhurst's review against another edition

3.0

3.5. I enjoyed this but something was just missing for me. I like Victor Lavelle’s writing and am really intrigued to read more.

olgabee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

lolajoan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

If this were a movie it would be directed by Jordan Peele. It's a thoughtful examination of human motives and beliefs, with seriously creepy stuff and incredibly sad and tragic stuff and beautiful descriptions. It had me gripped from the start. There was a point about a quarter of the way through where the tension was building so much I didn't know if I could keep going but then that dam burst and the resolution was incredibly satisfying.

kurbanski's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

4.5

jessietherose's review against another edition

Tedious, disjointed, sexist, terrible

abaker08's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

The story was interesting but the pacing was overly slow at times. Descriptive details helped to visualize and keep the story moving forward.

cattycakebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

shantayareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

jairbot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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