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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Really fucking weird.
Not what I was expecting, I think the blurb does it a great disservice. I went in thinking climate change, Annihilation vibes or maybe a children's bible. It wasn’t!
I don’t think this book really worked the way I wanted it to either. As i mentioned the blurb really doesn’t describe this book right and I think it’s a shame because I think it could really work for others!
Not what I was expecting, I think the blurb does it a great disservice. I went in thinking climate change, Annihilation vibes or maybe a children's bible. It wasn’t!
I don’t think this book really worked the way I wanted it to either. As i mentioned the blurb really doesn’t describe this book right and I think it’s a shame because I think it could really work for others!
This book wanted to be sublime, but it was rather boring and shallow. Things were disgusting for the sake of disgust and nothing else, it felt deptless, in which the narrator wasn't helping with her one dimensional tone either.
I was disappointed, I awaited this book to be similar to Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy and got this meaningless crap.
I was disappointed, I awaited this book to be similar to Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy and got this meaningless crap.
Not for me! I can appreciate the dark atmosphere, but I thought the writing was over the top (could be the translation, idk) and the fragmented stories didn’t make much sense as standalones or as a collective novel.
2.5 but rounded up
Maybe I'm just not ~deep~ enough to get this but.... this didn't work for me. Vaguely connected tableaus, no world building or character development to fall back on or use to make sense of what's going on, it just felt super disconnected and confusing and incoherent.
Maybe I'm just not ~deep~ enough to get this but.... this didn't work for me. Vaguely connected tableaus, no world building or character development to fall back on or use to make sense of what's going on, it just felt super disconnected and confusing and incoherent.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It was ok. I like the idea but not the execution, the perspective changed so much I don’t feel I really got attached to anyone, even Laura. Also don’t think there was any reason the first chapter had to start with the assault it did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes