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lanid's review

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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johntenner's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Very interesting plot, but was a bit draining with such challenging and scholarly prose. The narrator's voice sounds just like the haughty language used by the academics the main character was always talking shit about. It wasn't hard to read, but some parts really dragged on. Not sure why there had to be paragraphs just to explain that the main character's roommate is a stoner. I felt insecure in their relationship the whole time, which was maybe the goal. This novel was clearly a labor of love. Very much enjoyed the juxtaposition of how Martha and Regina approached motherhood. I also enjoyed the development of Martha as she grew older. I would have liked for Regina to have explored more of her queerness instead of only loving one woman intensely and then never being with one ever again.

Regina having sex with Nick after being dumped by Martha was sooooo annoying. Their relationship would have been so much more powerful if they just remained friends and colleagues, considering everyone was assuming that they fucked, and it would have been a slap in the face to that expectation. Also she was 21. And the ending of the book was wack as fuck IDGAF ABOUT DUTRA. Literally no one in the entire world saw that shit coming because like.... who cares? and it made no sense? Whatever. Was kinda mid. I recommend We Do What We Do In the Dark by Michelle Hart. Similar plot, executed much more efficiently.

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edamamebean's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Read this book because I was promised lesbian smut which is truthfully very hard to come by these days, but instead ended up with a devastatingly insightful book that now has me thinking over the relationships of my early-twenties in a much kinder light. I can’t tell yet if this book was a gift or a curse to me. I think both?

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