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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

starling222's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

icanflytwiceashigh's review against another edition

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mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

smallefrogge's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sadpear's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

It's hard to pull off a book with this complicated timeline and yet this works. It's such a magnificent, strange book.

kristenlovesbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

papelgren's review against another edition

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5.0

A near perfect work of imagination, philosophy and dreams.

wolfeekitten's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

breqthis's review against another edition

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5.0

Holy shIT

Also, “Orr had a tendency to assume that people knew what they were doing, perhaps because he generally assumed that he did not.” Me too my man, but I do not have the balance within to traverse these perilous dreamscapes one might call reality. 

goosedollaz's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

omnipresent_photon's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0