3.69 AVERAGE

dark slow-paced
challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
mysterious medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

not to beat a dead horse but yet another book where a male author has proven completely incompetent at writing women. this took away from what i did like about the book: the setting, the themes, the situation the main character found himself in. and i really liked the ending. i just found myself scoffing at every other page
dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Strange.unique. Loved it.
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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
adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious 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: Complicated
emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

I classify this book as a deep one. I found it very horrifying, at least the writer takes you to that cabinet with you. Makes you stuck in the sand, makes you try to escape (I read these parts with my heartbeat increased), makes you buried in mud, makes you return that cabinet again... But the end?
God, the end makes you question yourself dozens of times. What would I do? What the heck would I do?
This is why I found this book really horrifying. It makes you confront yourself and you maybe realize that you are already buried in your own sand?
Maybe I also think that I have two ways ticket and I have the choice to leave whenever I want. Maybe this is an illusion that I made myself believe, too.
Re-thinking the book... Anyone who is brave enough for a confrontation should read it. The writer makes you feel every detail about that damn sand. It's 1/8 mm diameter.