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Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

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Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

3.9 AVERAGE

carlottaaa's review against another edition

3.0
challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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onbusterpike's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

juliengpaquet's review against another edition

5.0
C’est 4.5, mais GoodReads te fait passer pour un crime et Châtiment (5/5
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zazman's review against another edition

3.75
dark mysterious reflective 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
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bessophelia's review against another edition

3.25
challenging dark 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: Yes
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b4byspice666's review against another edition

3.0
i much prefer didion’s nonfiction

gayanderson99's review against another edition

5.0
holy fucking shit this is crazy good

caitlin_rhind's review against another edition

3.0
dark emotional sad slow-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
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domsmith's review against another edition

3.0
dark sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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thaynacoelho's review against another edition

3.5
challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I think the point of this book is to make you feel uncomfortable. It’s very well written, I was biting my nails almost the entire time it took me to read it. I’ll think about for a long time.