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Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

4.21 AVERAGE

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

ksilvio's review

4.25
challenging funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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brittb05's review

5.0
adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amateurgoblin's review

5.0
emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

Loved it. Deliciously written.
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lairelisse's review

3.75
emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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summsm's review

5.0
challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Beautifully written and full of quite profound quotes. The ending will haunt me and Adina will be a character I never forget 

I think I’d like this even more as a book, instead of audio
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

"Every human, singular and exact, is bound by pain and a finite life span. Every human shares the same hometown."

A truly beautiful coming-of-age tale of feeling alienation, feeling different, anywhere on the spectrum, alone, fully human, fully alive and in pain, on this planet Earth. The quiet sadness in the book reminded me of Kazuo Ishiguro's style. I actually shed a few tears at the very end, and very few books can do this to me. I will treasure it for so long. One of the best reads of the year so far!