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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is super thought provoking….a total English class book if you know what I mean. Makes you think about what it means to be human, what it means to be a woman, friendships, isolation, time, government. It leave enough concepts vaguely interpreted by the narrator that you draw your own conclusions.
I docked it 0.5 because it’s depressing and explicitly cerebral.
I docked it 0.5 because it’s depressing and explicitly cerebral.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
4.25– i who must now go stare into the void
a metaphor for life that is weirdly compelling
if you need answers and reasons for why things are the way they are, this is not going to be for you. at all.
instead, it’s an interesting think piece that ultimately goes nowhere. you follow cycles of hope and hopelessness in a reality that you know nothing about and never will know anything about. it’s not a feminist story. it’s not happy and it doesn’t try to be. it’s just the trudge of life and the impatience to keep moving.
i read it in one sitting straight through and you kinda just end up with a “stare into the void and ponder the story’s ambiguity” feeling that is going to take a second to process
a metaphor for life that is weirdly compelling
if you need answers and reasons for why things are the way they are, this is not going to be for you. at all.
instead, it’s an interesting think piece that ultimately goes nowhere. you follow cycles of hope and hopelessness in a reality that you know nothing about and never will know anything about. it’s not a feminist story. it’s not happy and it doesn’t try to be. it’s just the trudge of life and the impatience to keep moving.
i read it in one sitting straight through and you kinda just end up with a “stare into the void and ponder the story’s ambiguity” feeling that is going to take a second to process
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Mix of Audio & digital - This short book packs a punch! It’s very cerebral and philosophical and although plenty happens, I was never hooked by this one. I think it’s more of a me thing than the book. I can appreciate what this book and examines but it just wasn’t really for me. If it was any longer, and didn’t come recommended by a friend, I probably would’ve DNFed.
The version of this book that I wrote in my head before reading it was better than the book ended up being. It was definitely thought-provoking but with shocking amounts of missed potential.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death