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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
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
I know people love Lisa Taddeo and I really want to like her. This book of short stories kind of felt like a bunch of ideas for novels that she didn't have enough material to write an entire book for. The stories felt like iterations of the same kind of story, again like she was workshopping ideas. Reading it felt really repetitive and not enjoyable
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ghost Lover was...disappointing....A few of the stories were good but it all felt like the same repetitive depressing female tropes with none of the deep character studies in her other work.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't like stories like this. I can't really explain other than they feel "gritty" and I don't care for that.
dark
funny
fast-paced
This is an unfiltered and unwaveringly honest collection of short stories. I enjoyed how uncomfortable they made me feel, but towards the end of the collection I did feel the stories were a little repetitive- maybe this should be a collection enjoyed over a longer period of time that you dip in and out of.
Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me the chance to read this digital ARC!!!
First impressions matter; I was intrigued by the cover, the concept, the fast paced, blunt prose. However, third and fourth impressions are sometimes the ones you should pay attention to. The more I read of this book, the more confused I felt. Confused and kinda uncomfortable.
The good parts of this book: the writing was brilliant. I highlighted so many great, powerful things that resonated with me. I love a good one liner and this book was full of them.
The not so great parts: there were a few too many mentions of bodily fluids for no reason. There were some heavy topics that kept coming up that were just casually tossed into the mix. The story would then, pick back up and continue on, business as usual. Nearly every story had an ending that left me with more questions than answers and a weird feeling in my stomach. I kept asking myself "what was the point of that story?" It all felt very jarring, disjointed and chaotic for no reason.
The writing was my favorite part, hands down; I would read more of her things because of the writing style alone. I also could be just not getting it with this one. That was another thought I kept having "I feel like this book is trying to tell me something, but I am not able to receive it."
Ultimately, I wanted to like this book but this book did not like me. That feels right.
First impressions matter; I was intrigued by the cover, the concept, the fast paced, blunt prose. However, third and fourth impressions are sometimes the ones you should pay attention to. The more I read of this book, the more confused I felt. Confused and kinda uncomfortable.
The good parts of this book: the writing was brilliant. I highlighted so many great, powerful things that resonated with me. I love a good one liner and this book was full of them.
The not so great parts: there were a few too many mentions of bodily fluids for no reason. There were some heavy topics that kept coming up that were just casually tossed into the mix. The story would then, pick back up and continue on, business as usual. Nearly every story had an ending that left me with more questions than answers and a weird feeling in my stomach. I kept asking myself "what was the point of that story?" It all felt very jarring, disjointed and chaotic for no reason.
The writing was my favorite part, hands down; I would read more of her things because of the writing style alone. I also could be just not getting it with this one. That was another thought I kept having "I feel like this book is trying to tell me something, but I am not able to receive it."
Ultimately, I wanted to like this book but this book did not like me. That feels right.
This is just a book about women who hate themselves and distain women who they perceive as prettier than them. I really didn’t like it.