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Martire!

Kaveh Akbar, Kaveh Akbar

4.36 AVERAGE

jeni_martini's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

molecoid's review against another edition

5.0

A book full of surprises, such a pleasant and engaging read

vv_490's review against another edition

2.75

reflective 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

I didn't hold any high expectations going into this book, even thought it is very highly praised, because I am sceptical of lit fic usually and rarely enjoy it the way I do other genres, but I do love the writing I come across in lit fic and the way a lot of it makes me think about the world or myself. This book kind of didn't really hit that mark anywhere. The writing was nice. But not profound. The story itself had a pretty confusing ending. And it sort of was pretty American in its own way. I try to avoid that usually. I like how casually queer everyone is but that is about it I suppose.