Reviews - Play It as It Lays

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5.21k reviews for:

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

3.9 AVERAGE

nadinabdugabit's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sangxia's review against another edition

4.0

The writing makes palpable the sense of bleakness and emptiness. Probably would have liked it more if I had any interest in the time period / place / industry in question.

jess_knee's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

owgreen3's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

cnyss's review against another edition

The Bell Jar but for grownups.

burningvaliolet's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective

she's the moment! she's the blueprint! thank you joan didion for changing the "mentally-ill woman" genre forever.
& i wanted to kill every single male character
& the ending killed me and it's really what tied the whole book together, i almost never cry when i read and this one had me tearing up at the beach...