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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Weird, sad, and delightful.
My inner monologue feels incredibly seen, bare, and vulnerable. Would recommend but encourage you to take it at the pace that is best for you.
My inner monologue feels incredibly seen, bare, and vulnerable. Would recommend but encourage you to take it at the pace that is best for you.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gilda's head is an incredibly hard place to inhabit, but I still wanted to be there—a pretty impressive feat to pull off.
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
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
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
This feels like an adult version of books I liked when I was a teenager. Very dry humor, anxious main character, identity crisis. I really enjoyed it, very weird main character so I can see people not liking her but she was very relatable to me.
this reminds me of night in the woods but in book form? i dont know how to describe this book but it was perfect in its own weird little way
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
what a (believably) self centred mc...it was like reading a worse version of my internal monologue which tbh i wasn't expecting. also what was that ending lol
tense
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
This one I didn't enjoy as much as we could be rats, but I still appreciated the commentary on life, anxiety, depression, mental health, and the difficulty with elder euthanasia, how it affects those around them and how the pain of living harms them. It's never as simple as it's okay or it's not okay. It's so complex, and this books looks at this through a lens of mental health that left me feeling anxious myself. Austin captured the intense nature of anxiety well, while leaving enough breaks that I didn't feel like I had to put the book down for longer than an hour or so If I hadn't read we could be rats prior, I'm not sure I would have returned to her as an author as intentionally as I am currently, but still has a strong message and I'm glad I picked it up
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Animal death
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes