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Absolution

Jeff VanderMeer

3.73 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Completely worth reading a second time after having reread the original three. I was at sea sometimes during the first pass. I thought the False Daughter section dragged a bit, but boy does this end on a fucking bang with Lowry. 
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

First half was perfect, Lowry took some getting used to but once you did the second half became a beautiful horror show

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I love this series and I hate to give this a low rating. The first two sections were great but I had to DNF the last section. Literally every fifth word is fuck and it makes the whole thing incomprehensible. I'm still interested in reading about the first expedition into Area X but I cannot get into Lowry's story
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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