3.49 AVERAGE

purpleella's profile picture

purpleella's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

Found it boring 
dreamer626's profile picture

dreamer626's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 6%

This book is UNHINGED.

There is fun humor present within the story, the writing has its own style and the idea behind it is really interesting. The juxtaposition between all these different dimensions and how the characters are the same and yet not at the same time is very smart, but I got quite bored of it as I got further into the story, and I think it’s just because the characters weren’t engaging to me. They are intentionally made unlikable, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing in fiction, but it doesn’t quite work here in my opinion.
mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was full of essentially my favorite thing ever: banter!!!! All the characters were super memorable and seriously make up for the slow plot. Ozu is my hero fr

"Don't lump me in with freaks like you. I have no desire to lick a woman's fingers."
"Liar, liar, pants on a wire!"
"Are you hanging up the laundry, dumbass? You mean 'fire'."
adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The narrator is built different because if I was stranded in liminal space for 80 days I’d just kill myself
funny mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I like chapter 2 the best. Not sure what to make out of the whole thing, was kinda chaotic and not always in a good way. Akashi is the only character I would protect.
allyem_reads's profile picture

allyem_reads's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

sigh