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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
What a waste of time. The writing is bloated and the plot is basically non-existent. The third half of this book is almost unreadable. VanderMeer must like the smell of his own farts. Absolute trash. I'd give it 0 stars if i could.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a little too sci-fiy for me but i really really loved this series!!!!
The fever dream of fever dreams. The brain melting of melting brains. This is the strangest book I have ever read.
Absolution instilled a horror and paranoia I have never felt reading a book. Each of the three stories unfolds its narrative in its own way, only for those narratives to be revealed as surface level masks by the others. The truth is never quite revealed but remains something in the corner of one’s eye. This is a beautiful and terrifying work of art that belongs right alongside the other three novels in one of the greatest series of all time.
Absolution instilled a horror and paranoia I have never felt reading a book. Each of the three stories unfolds its narrative in its own way, only for those narratives to be revealed as surface level masks by the others. The truth is never quite revealed but remains something in the corner of one’s eye. This is a beautiful and terrifying work of art that belongs right alongside the other three novels in one of the greatest series of all time.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn’t think this was going to hit as hard as the rest of the series but every single page of confusion is worth the payoff at the end.
Also, the most graphically horrific in the series, imo. Incredibly unsettling. Very well done. Bonus points for the audiobook narrator for making that entire last section so much easier to comprehend with his phenomenal performance.
Goodbye Area X.
Also, the most graphically horrific in the series, imo. Incredibly unsettling. Very well done. Bonus points for the audiobook narrator for making that entire last section so much easier to comprehend with his phenomenal performance.
Goodbye Area X.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced