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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
tense
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
dark
mysterious
medium-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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
This is a Kafkaesque nightmare in the style of "Metamorphosis". An insect collector goes to a strange seashore village in search of beetles. At night he seeks shelter and is given accommodation with a woman whose house is surrounded by large sand cliffs. In the morning he finds the rope ladder he has descended on has been taken away, the villagers wish to keep him trapped like a slave shovelling interminable sand. We learn a lot about the properties of sand, a grain averaging 1/8 mm in thickness. This is one of those books, which will stay in my mind a long time, it is quite a haunting scenario.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
reflective
tense
slow-paced