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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
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dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
medium-paced
Became unreadable. I'm down with profanity but every 5th word in Lowry's narration being "fuck" is well over my threshold.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don’t even know how to rate this book. I enjoyed Dead Town and The False Daughter. Both had really interesting elements, and Old Jim’s story grew quite poignant. The First and The Last, on the other hand...
The main trilogy has that surreal, hallucinatory quality conveyed through really beautiful prose; this is different. Lowry’s pov was a massively unpleasant chore to read, so that all those surreal moments and scenes that should have been horrific had less than zero impact because of the voice through which they were told. An example: I would have been just fine without Lowry’s description of the lighthouse as a “cum geyser.” Meanwhile, some of the mysteries of the trilogy were solved with rather boring answers; it’s not quite “midichlorians” but close enough. Gonna be selling this back and trying to ignore its existence on future trilogy rereads.
The main trilogy has that surreal, hallucinatory quality conveyed through really beautiful prose; this is different. Lowry’s pov was a massively unpleasant chore to read, so that all those surreal moments and scenes that should have been horrific had less than zero impact because of the voice through which they were told. An example: I would have been just fine without Lowry’s description of the lighthouse as a “cum geyser.” Meanwhile, some of the mysteries of the trilogy were solved with rather boring answers; it’s not quite “midichlorians” but close enough. Gonna be selling this back and trying to ignore its existence on future trilogy rereads.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The book is split into 3 parts. The first part I loved, it was mysterious and you’re back at the heart of things years before Area X, with a group of biologists who are trying to understand the strange happenings. The next two parts felt very slow for me to read and I was bored with the characters. There are of course excellent Vandermeer moments of weird and exciting events that keep you going. Rating a book like this is tough, because those parts are incredible. It’s worth the read if you’ve read the first 3.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes