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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well written and quite enthralling but at times prioritises the prose over the book.
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s always hard for me to talk about art that places losing one’s faith at its center because it hits so profoundly close to home for me. The longing for meaning, the loneliness, the angst. I don’t want to get too personal here. I just want to say that I felt very seen by Kwon’s novel. I don’t know if she has had her own crisis of faith and walked away, but I’d be willing to bet she has based on how intensely accurate this felt to my own experience of leaving faith and having friends and loved ones still exist within cult spaces.
Although I hate to post negative reviews I must say that The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon is sadly not for me.
It's a character driven literary novel yet I just could not bring myself to care about the characters, and with very little plot the book didn't really have much to reel me in. I repeatedly found myself checking how many pages were left as I wanted it to be over.
It also is lacking in quotation marks, and while I know a lot of people enjoy that, it makes it difficult for me to follow what's going on. So much so that I have to read passages a second time to ensure I'm following it correctly.
A lot of people absolutely adored this book and while it may not have been to my liking, don't let my opinion stop you from picking up a copy if the synopsis appeals to you!
Thank you so much to Virago for sending me a free copy to review.
It's a character driven literary novel yet I just could not bring myself to care about the characters, and with very little plot the book didn't really have much to reel me in. I repeatedly found myself checking how many pages were left as I wanted it to be over.
It also is lacking in quotation marks, and while I know a lot of people enjoy that, it makes it difficult for me to follow what's going on. So much so that I have to read passages a second time to ensure I'm following it correctly.
A lot of people absolutely adored this book and while it may not have been to my liking, don't let my opinion stop you from picking up a copy if the synopsis appeals to you!
Thank you so much to Virago for sending me a free copy to review.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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