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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
I appreciate what the author does here, it just wasn’t for me. The technicality of the structure is impressive though and I always appreciate an author who bends genre. This feels like a great fit for fans of Mona Awad’s Bunny.
The tension is well written, but it's too confused without enough resolution.
dark
tense
fast-paced
More literary than I’m used to, but I enjoyed it! I like the perspective, but I was looking more for paranormal than dying hallucination trying to understand what happened . I had to google the end of the book to get what the author was getting across, but that’s mostly because my comprehension skills are not very sharp with literary books
- Characters - 8.5; I found Amanda very compelling, but tragic. I was imagining David as kind of an Arturo (from Geek Love) given the kind of omnipresent voice he has, and was a little disappointed that there wasn’t the follow through
- Atmosphere/Tone - 8.5; I love a book that
ends in unresolved tragedy - Writing/Style - 8.5; very partial to an unreliable narrator
- Plot - 7; at times hard to follow, and I wanted it gnarlier
- Pacing - 8; honestly pretty good, because of the guiding voice
- Worldbuilding - NA
- Relationships - 8; not really applicable except the different parent/child dichotomies, but those were pretty thought provoking
- Enjoyment - 7; a little slow for me
- Bonus points - negative one for not actually having worms :(
Total: 54.5/7 =7.786
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No