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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Took me over a week to finish this since I’ve been overwhelmed and preoccupied with everything happening in current events. Overall, this is one of the calmer dystopias I’ve read. A bit too slow-paced for my taste, but still okay. Great metaphor for Imperial Japanese wartime propaganda—or, well, wag na tayo lumayo: it’s a sharp metaphor for how government and media collaborate to fool civilians.
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
mysterious
Such a depressing book void of any hope or happiness. The unnamed main character lives on an island where things gradually disappear. Things like birds, harmonicas, novels, etc. The people on the island accept these disapperiences as simply a phenomenon that happens and shape their lives accordingly. They forget those things disappeared. People who are unable to forget the things that disappear are considered enemies of the state and hunted/sent away by the memory police. R is such a man. The unnamed woman hides R in a secret room as protection from being discovered by the memory police. But things keep disappearing…
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No