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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It was a page-turner for me. I appreciated the bold writing at the end - had notes of Tolstoy and George Eliot and pulled it off. Highly recommend.
Beautifully written (Groff of course, knows her stuff), but in the end just too (DON'T READ FURTHER IF YOU HATE SPOILERS YOUSE)...
... unrelentingly bleak and sad. A small story, a small protagonist with a small life. But, no life is small and all life is small in the vast bigness of the world. I just was left ... sad, that after saying over and over that humans are not meant to live a life alone, that this girl was left to live a life alone.
... unrelentingly bleak and sad. A small story, a small protagonist with a small life. But, no life is small and all life is small in the vast bigness of the world. I just was left ... sad, that after saying over and over that humans are not meant to live a life alone, that this girl was left to live a life alone.
Beautifully written and compelling. I liked the lead character, and I was cheering her on for her wit and bravery. So, I found the ending dark and depressing. It put a negative spin on the whole story.
I think the stories that follow man vs nature are the most difficult for me to read. The book feels very repetitive because it’s a singular character trying to survive every day, and nothing significant happens. But we do get a ton of detail on her bowel movements…..
I love how Geoff writes, but the story didn’t quite engage me as I would’ve liked. Spoiler alert-ish): I was not invested in the character, so the death- and time-themed ending—another galaxies-colliding universal-truth ending à la “Fates and Furies”—was wasted. Maybe a better bedside read over a longer period than an audio book…
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes