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Your Love Is Not Good by Johanna Hedva

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heelturn2's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

3.0

Just not my thing. A little too slow, morally compromised main character a little too self absorbed (though to the author’s credit, she’s very believable & you get why she is the way she is, it’s not for no reason, & she’s clearly not supposed to be totally sympathetic), & I am just… not very interested in the art world for many of the reasons that come up as issues in this book! I think there were interesting things happening with race/whiteness & the marketability of art about race. and I like the choice to explore that with a main character who is a little bit terrible. Taking this as a sign that I should stop reading my roommate’s books just because they’re around the house and easy to pick up lol

kirbsyourenthusiasm's review

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4.0

Weird and wonderful, crude in a way I feel Ottessa Moshfegh tries to be lol. Loved the final act - dizzying. Feel like I have a good appreciation having listened to Hedva talk about the book at an author's talk before I read it. People in the comments talking about Hedva being privileged / insipid are hilariously misguided

alysshcrl22's review

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

freaksgarde's review

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challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

Visceral yeast infection !!!

marie_sahrx's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

tenderbench's review

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

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eviewww's review

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was gross and shocking in all the best ways. it was really challenging to read because the main character was so multi-dimensional. i was confused as to why it was taking me so long to finish this but it was nice to slow down with this book because there was so much to process. there were definitely some parts where I had to pause and take a minute before continuing. such a fascinating exploration of a woman’s relationship with whiteness, beauty, and her mother. also some incredible one-liners. hedva is a complicated writer for sure.

aly's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

kyanitecourage's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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oliveckert's review

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challenging emotional fast-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

3.5

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