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Niksen

Nathan Hill

4.1 AVERAGE

hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a wild ride that kept me engaged for 21.5 of the 22 hours of the audiobook. fascinating characters and scope, solid writing, and it would have been five stars if not for the self-help vibes at the end. 
mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It took me a while to finish, but an interesting, funny, relevant book.

I was really surprised to put this book in the same category of my reading as “A Little Life”, but that’s where I put it. It’s really very good. I appreciate the honesty with which each characters viewpoints are written, I appreciate seeing 2011 talked about in a way that jives with my experience of it as a child. How scary and serious things seemed to me at the time - to the point that it reached absurd farcical levels. The book filled me with a great sinking feeling from time to time which is just fantastic, by the end of the book, instead of wanting to stop reading when I felt it, I wanted to lean in and read more and sink further. I think it’s a triumph, this book. I love/hate Pwnage deeply. I hate Laura. I loved the book.
emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

This was a long one but quite interesting and entertaining. About family dynamics between a mother and son, her relationship with her father, and more. 
challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes