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Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

3.9 AVERAGE


a woman’s struggle. 
i don’t know how to feel - a lot of names and that confused me quite a bit 
i want to reread already but this time in 1 day. 
i felt her pain and her lack of ambition and her everything. 
i hate men. 
but also lowkey confused 
dark sad fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional reflective 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: No
challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book has a really fantastic and heartbreaking ending. It’s going to stick with me for a bit I feel.
dark tense fast-paced
dark emotional tense fast-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 book is kind of “nothing” which i guess is the point 
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

More of a meditation on nothingness than a true story