4.39k reviews for:

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

4.21 AVERAGE

okaylauren's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

andrealynn's review against another edition

4.5

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“The ego of the human male is by far the most dangerous aspect of human society.”

Response:  THIS HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED.

literarycolin's review

4.0

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Beautyland's quirkiness may be hard to swallow at first, but, like all acquired tastes, it grows on you as you come back for more.

Beautyland is a piece of art so unique that it could have only been crafted by Bertino-- a novel that will satisfy readers looking to revel in strangeness that is humanity, that is earth, that is the universe, that is existence.

tea_and_tofu's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring

areaxbiologist's review

5.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

courpy's review

3.25

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jkopnick's review

5.0

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An absolute triumph. This book accomplishes what every sci fi novel should seek to: use an other-worldly element to expose deeper, nuanced truths of the human experience. The way Bertino dances with these softer, more veiled elements of being a human creates a profound and undeniably charming read. Fundamentally, Bertino fuses a genre piece with great literature, drawing emotions and experiences out of you that you had either long forgotten or glossed over while managing the sensory overload that is existence. Can't recommend this highly enough, especially for anyone that has struggled at any point to work their way in from the outside.

taylavdh's review

3.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I was so hyped for this book and I loved the concept but there was something missing. It felt like a typical, awkward, coming of age story.

agonzal4's review

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

lizporter27's review

3.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes