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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Guard the stories with your life!
challenging
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
very timely and unnerving to read but i fear i was not able to fully pick up what the author was putting down. i don’t understand the ending.
but the book contains some very poignant and relevant points. can’t wait to discuss with my book club 🙂↕️
but the book contains some very poignant and relevant points. can’t wait to discuss with my book club 🙂↕️
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book takes A LOT from other dystopian novels (1982, Fahrenheit 51, etc), but at book club it was hypothesized that because the author is from Kuwait and has dealt personally with censorship in her country, this was intentional. I also wonder if some of the nuance got lost in translation. For a book about “the global threat to free speech," it’s…boring. I had a lot of questions: about the rabbits (do they represent imagination or collective memory or?), about the significance of Zorba the Greek, and about the ending (which is a little clever while also being a little cliche). I loved the daughter. I didn’t love the MC (he felt underdeveloped) or the librarian (another cliche: "beautiful but trying to hide it” that also was potentially also really cool — the ending).
challenging
funny
reflective
sad
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes