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Sex & Rage

Eve Babitz

3.61 AVERAGE

medium-paced

molmols's review

3.0
lighthearted medium-paced
funny 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: Yes
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For the first solid half of this book I couldn’t remember the love I’ve had for Babitz - I think I had overdone her voice and was frustrated by the seeming frivolity of her stories . But as sex and rage developed I fell head over heels again and was giggling on the tram - she describes hot men with such ridiculous intimacy and above all captures the very souls of the women around her. Much love x