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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Eve Babitz is just such a beautiful writer. Would’ve been done with this in a day if I haven’t been bogged down with school and responsibilities
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
funny
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:
Complicated
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
sad
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
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
Complicated
Coming out of the haze of this book leaves me confused and conflicted. Overall, the book was not unpleasant, and was a rather easy, languid & pleasurable read. The main character is not so flat as I had felt in the beginning, and perhaps the dreamy squalor really is its own character and thus makes this novel a biting satire. I am amused at the seeming lack of conflict, lack of tragedy for our heroine; a super chill surfer party girl who gets everything she wants and is a successful accomplished writer with a drinking problem, oh the horror! I did come to appreciate the humanity in the back-and-forth, disappointing tug of the heartstrings embodied in Jacaranda‘s feelings toward/about Max; the ambiguities, the tension and anticipation, the climactic moments of feigned spontaneity, the incredulity of “shit, that’s it?”; as well as the beautiful devastation of the party’s ending, the trip’s ending, the movie’s ending; that these fleeting moments can never be experienced or recreated ever again. That there will be no more firsts, for “the first time was all gone.”
emotional
lighthearted
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