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Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

4.21 AVERAGE

shuss11's review

5.0
emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

drewoftherushes's review

4.5
emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

A lively little alien story. 
emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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annodee's review

1.0

Interesting premise but uneven. Clunky writing. Then the best friend gets cancer and dies.
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esprick's review

3.5
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-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
challenging hopeful reflective

rare to find such unique takes on the quotidian, especially couched inside such a lovely coming-of-age (and beyond) story

audrihubbard's review

4.25
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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andreadavis's review

5.0
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

slkcalv's review

4.5
challenging hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated