342 reviews for:

Fen

Daisy Johnson

3.59 AVERAGE

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finalgirlfall's review

5.0

books that feel like north carolina summers.
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katrinelinden's review

2.5
reflective 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: N/A
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adayafterautumn's review

5.0
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Eels and foxes and houses and...
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

I will read anything that Daisy Johnson writes. Modern master of the English language. I don’t typically go for the collections of short stories, but this was Johnson showing off (and I mean that in the best way).
dark mysterious slow-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

What a strange little collection! Some of these stories were wonderful, others definitely not my cup of tea. The take away is that Daisy Johnson is a great writer, but I'm not a fan of sexual horror if that's even a genre? I just don't think we need to be demonising female desire :/ in general the stories about relationships were not my faves but I loved the stories about the fen and turning into fish and being made of mud, that's the good stuff!!
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orangeoverload's review

4.0
mysterious relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix