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People Like Them by Samira Sedira

14 reviews

ulviyyask's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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gbrad's review

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dark emotional tense fast-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

This book was an easy read and the style of the authors writing is nice. I do wish it was more descriptive and in depth as I found myself unable to go beyond the book and really imagine or feel the writing. This meant a lot of the book I felt like I was aimlessly reading.

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lindsaylhunter's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It's hard to develop a fondness for characters in so few pages. While the book is a fairly disturbing one, it didn't hit me as hard as I'm sure it would have if it had been longer. I love the use of first and second narration though.

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tbretc's review

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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maliyahwanders's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The book and the story is very good but the way it is written is a puzzle. You have to find out when, who is saying what. This doesn’t read easy. I love that racism is underlined and it still isn’t the whole plot.

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vaniavela's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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odrib's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-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

3.0

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bookishcori's review

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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olivianw's review

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dark reflective tense 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

5.0

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secrethistory's review

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dark medium-paced

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

2.0

This was a really disappointing read that a strong ending couldn’t save. Nothing was explored in even close to enough depth—the insidiousness of the subtle racism especially. Despite being the narrator, we barely get to know Anna at all. Nobody felt like a fleshed out character, especially Bakary and Constant, the two characters one would hope to really get to know.

I’ve seen this book described as shocking and unexpected but I found it quite dull and predictable, but with a decent ending to tie it together.

I read later that the author primarily writes plays, which made sense to me as once as I read I thought I would like it better as a play, during one of the trial scenes that had very engaging dialogue.

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