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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
Stunning. Simply seems to charge through the new rules of what a novelist is allowed to do to tell a story without feeling old fashioned or like 'just' historical fiction. I loved it. Read the last third so slowly to make it last. Wonderful.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
so boring..... sorry queers this wasnt for me
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
Occasionally a bit uneven, but ultimately so brilliant that I gave it 5 stars (and a 5 is a rating that not many books I read achieve)
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
A fictional life of 70ish gay actor David Win from his childhood til death, whose life he says is “a chaos of privilege and prejudice." There's much reflection on the details of wending paths of life, and something not quite fulfilling
dnf'ed at page 60. if i loved literature more i would have spent more time with it - it's just that the pacing is so slow i could not bear with it any longer. like why would i read about these characters' game of plutocracy in great detail, you know? i just don't really care.