5.12k reviews for:

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

3.9 AVERAGE

zreadz's review against another edition

3.0

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

hstew's review against another edition

5.0

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This book has a really fantastic and heartbreaking ending. It’s going to stick with me for a bit I feel.

jaslouis's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

carlii's review against another edition

4.0

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

dasha19's review against another edition

3.0

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this book is kind of “nothing” which i guess is the point 

xochlovesmangos's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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More of a meditation on nothingness than a true story

lucy_junor's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miffy4real's review against another edition

3.0

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I wanted to like this because I love her essays! Reading essays before fiction is nice because you get to see the background, the research. I didn't love this book, it all felt kind of dreamlike and restless (which is maybe the point!)

stokedtabi's review against another edition

4.0

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"i know what 'nothing' means, and keep on playing."

subtlespine's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes