3.7 AVERAGE

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Loses steam in the last third. Nice, little mystery, good characters.

**I'm not sure how to rate this one yet. I'm processing. It was really different. It had a lot to say about...us as humans and our lives and our world. But on the other hand--not too much happened in the book. It was entertaining enough, though. Very different, and I do appreciate that. 
emotional funny hopeful slow-paced
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Based on the description I was prepared to really enjoy this book. However, I genuinely don’t understand the glowing reviews. It wasn’t funny. At all. I hated almost all the characters - ESPECIALLY the children. Those children were so. Annoying. I do not see the comparison to Douglas Adams and there was nothing uproarious about it. I might have slightly chuckled once. I have it one extra star for the cats. That is all.
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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karendt's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

Couldn’t get into the plot. Narration was very dry
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No