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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
I kind of don't know where to start with this. This novel manages to take an aesthetic and a sensibility I am very familiar with from my childhood (and, similarly, don't usually like very much) and a bunch of f*cking cool ideas that will get me every single time, which then in retrospect has made me very nostalgic for the very aesthetic and sensibility I just bemoaned. Sorry, I know that sentence was weird. My feelings about this are weird.
This book is very sad. A lot of really, really terrible things happen to a lot of people who deserve better. It has a lot of raw bad luck that just sucker punches you in the throat. But also every single thing that happens is incredibly badass. But also every single thing that happens is drowning in yearning, desperation, and grief. Every character is dynamic and flawed and interesting and you want them to win, but every character is completely crippled by their misgivings about connecting with others and you say 'that's right, idiot,' when they lose. It is so, so tragic, and yet the ending gives you JUST enough Ws that you leave it saying. My god. Humans are fucking beautiful. We are really beautiful creatures that are very stupid and gorgeous. I cannot stop thinking about the ending of this book.
This book is very sad. A lot of really, really terrible things happen to a lot of people who deserve better. It has a lot of raw bad luck that just sucker punches you in the throat. But also every single thing that happens is incredibly badass. But also every single thing that happens is drowning in yearning, desperation, and grief. Every character is dynamic and flawed and interesting and you want them to win, but every character is completely crippled by their misgivings about connecting with others and you say 'that's right, idiot,' when they lose. It is so, so tragic, and yet the ending gives you JUST enough Ws that you leave it saying. My god. Humans are fucking beautiful. We are really beautiful creatures that are very stupid and gorgeous. I cannot stop thinking about the ending of this book.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
4.5 stars.
I found this book to be quite enjoyable. I've had it on my radar for a little while now and finally took the plunge. This is a fairly fast-paced story with an enjoyable cast of characters. Darker than I expected. Quite a bit of death and grim occurrences. I'm excited to see that there is a sequel coming out in spring of next year. Will definitely be picking that up.
I found this book to be quite enjoyable. I've had it on my radar for a little while now and finally took the plunge. This is a fairly fast-paced story with an enjoyable cast of characters. Darker than I expected. Quite a bit of death and grim occurrences. I'm excited to see that there is a sequel coming out in spring of next year. Will definitely be picking that up.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-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:
No
I was not expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. It was messed up, but so good. Feels like it's waiting to be adapted into a miniseries.
This was incredible. The cast of characters was really what made this shine. Don't let the horror aspect here shy you away from this title. This was macabre and had some of the gore you'd expect from that genre but really it only served to set a tone and really helped drive home the brutal western American folktale being spun here. I wish there was more true fiction in the western genre that wasn't either a trope or Mcmurty. Really great stuff here and I'm so glad it caught my eye, highly recommend.