3.99 AVERAGE


It’s like a spinoff show of the one character everyone hates. Except he’s the only character in the universe.

إنني أهمل عيني ورأسي وراحتي النفسية بقراءة هذه المذكرات التي تجعلني أعيش ذلك العالم السفلي في كثير من القبح والتعاسة.
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

Challenging and reflective, it is perfect if you like books that make you think deeply, but not for light or adventurous reading.
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m having such a hard time with rating this book. On one hand, the first 2/3 of the book was hard to get through and the last 1/3 was emotional and made me actually feel something for the character. On the other hand, the last third of the book is where I started empathizing with the main character in particular and his struggles, and then the story ends with him continuing to struggle. It’s hard to say if there was a lot of positive character development. I think he became more aware of himself and his own problems by reflecting on Liza’s issues and seeing himself in them. I liked that whole realization he had and I found it fascinating. But again, the story abruptly ends and I’m left picking up the pieces to figure out what’s going on. Not to mention that the other storyline was completely abandoned as a whole. I would rate it more than 3 stars because I like it more than the average book, but I don’t think I can give it a full 4. I already want to reread it again though to get a better idea of how the monologue of Part 1 relates to Part 2 after now knowing the story of Part 2. 
reflective
challenging funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

me siento más culta por haber leído este libro? tal vez. me ha producido irracionalmente una vergüenza enorme por haberme identificado tan a fondo con el señor subsuelo al cual al mismo tiempo despreciaba? sin duda. se agradecen referencias de terapeutas.
challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t think this is good for a casual read, unfortunately. I will come back to it when I have a physical copy, a pen ,a highlighter and a Literature professor! 
dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Yes