Reviews

Boca Raton by Lauren Groff

yonde_shiawase's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

lizslibrary0915's review

4.0

Book Review: Boca Raton by Lauren Groff

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storybookvisitor's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

cat_uk's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

iguana_mama's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

jewelaquino's review

challenging dark

3.0

georges_mom's review

5.0

I really liked this short story about climate change. The writing was *chef's kiss.* I think I need to try some of the author's other books (I had...mixed feelings about Fates and Furies, but maybe I need to revisit that also).

kpearlman's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

ahyshia's review

sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

mistylyn's review

2.0

Five gold stars for this author’s obvious ability to write. Subtract one of said stars for my own inability to “get it” (unfair, but damnit it’s my review). And then there were four. Take away another because, as I may have mentioned I DONT GET IT! I’m sure there’s an extended metaphor lurking behind the ambiguity, but I’ll be damned if I can find it....and I mean, really, I was always a prize “Where’s Waldo” competitor. That leaves us with three lovely, tin stars dipped in cheap gold plate, representing the promise of at least a plausible plot at the hands of a capable author. Nope...and it’s here that I offer a brief summary: woman is clearly aware of the effects of global warming; woman overreacts to a certainly sad but not life-altering event; woman goes mad leaving her young daughter parentless. Yep, another star shoots through the sky and blinks out unceremoniously, it’s death long past by the time we realize the light has been extinguished. Had I been able to predict that this particular crash and burn was on the horizon I would have given up trying to finish this thankfully short piece of tomfoolery. I’ll leave it at two rather tiny brassy stars, because, seriously, there’s talent here, even it it’s buried under a monolith constructed of ridiculous characters, an absurd plot and an overuse of tone in an attempt to create a sense of desperation. See? The melodrama must have been contagious.