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3.79 AVERAGE

challenging dark sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: No

3.75 Perhaps not the best time to read it during our long pandemic.

Clever, with a message that is both clearly conveyed and not too heavy handed. Millet somehow strikes a balance between charming and haunting in a novel that is both for this moment and serving to warn us about it.
adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a weird and wonderful book!

I love Lydia Millet. This isn't my favorite of her books, but it's riveting. Certainly appropriate to the moment even if it was published 10 yrs ago. A bit of a downer, just be warned.
challenging dark funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Gorgeous, heartbreaking, sad. Absolutely recommend.