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orange_06's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ezra is so favourite crime by olivia rodrigo coded
reading the 2nd half was honestly painful, i hated seeing how fucked up ezra was and how he kept on making everything worse over and over again but it was still additcting to read. like watching a car crash, you just can't look away.
reading the 2nd half was honestly painful, i hated seeing how fucked up ezra was and how he kept on making everything worse over and over again but it was still additcting to read. like watching a car crash, you just can't look away.
kurie's review
4.0
Someone else please read this book I have strong opinions and I need to talk about them!
This is a very good book but I can't give it 5 stars. The first half was fun and enjoyable and then the second half was painful and not in a good way. I honestly hated reading about a sad man destroying his own life. He just made all of the worst possible decisions and had a horrible time doing it. It made me want to quit reading but I pushed through because the writing is really really good and I liked the first half so much. It was a good book but it made me feel terrible.
This is a very good book but I can't give it 5 stars. The first half was fun and enjoyable and then the second half was painful and not in a good way. I honestly hated reading about a sad man destroying his own life. He just made all of the worst possible decisions and had a horrible time doing it. It made me want to quit reading but I pushed through because the writing is really really good and I liked the first half so much. It was a good book but it made me feel terrible.
thart3's review
5.0
Truly one of the most entertaining books on con artist that I have read. It's like Elmore Leonard for the teen set. Well written, it had me vested in the characters, and it kept a pace that kept me wondering. Well done!
lindsirae's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
it was fun and clever. was a little weirded out by the fictional latin american country’s politics (the communists being “the right” and the neoliberals being “the left”) but otherwise it felt very Of Our Time without being preachy or sacrificing plot and character for flat politics
btdill's review
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
tuai's review
dark
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Everyone in this novel is an unrepentant piece of shit, and I love it.
This is not a novel about eating the rich, it's a novel about trampling everyone in your way to become the rich. It manages to make you empathize with a main character that's unequivocally The Worst and also pitiful and sad and an asshole and just a boy in love. I've really enjoyed it.
This is not a novel about eating the rich, it's a novel about trampling everyone in your way to become the rich. It manages to make you empathize with a main character that's unequivocally The Worst and also pitiful and sad and an asshole and just a boy in love. I've really enjoyed it.
brashcandicoot's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
dufremde's review against another edition
funny
fast-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
3.5
my reading experience for this "theranos but gay" satire was that it gave same vibes as a vice dot com longread (rip) or podcast, which means it was incredibly propulsive and digestible but I also felt like the author left a lot on the table in terms of juicing up the details. as in, I truly think a fanfic girlie could have turned this into something show-stopping, a primo jacob elordi/timothee charmander script waiting to happen.
ok but in all seriousness, the biggest issue I had with the whole cult of personality premise was the fact that Orson was so painfully mid and I never believed for one second in his charm or magnetism. Ezra did so much crime for this man and it's a mystery why. the deteriorating eyesight subplot-slash-metaphor also produced diminishing returns as the story progressed, although the actual descriptions were top-notch.
ok but in all seriousness, the biggest issue I had with the whole cult of personality premise was the fact that Orson was so painfully mid and I never believed for one second in his charm or magnetism. Ezra did so much crime for this man and it's a mystery why. the deteriorating eyesight subplot-slash-metaphor also produced diminishing returns as the story progressed, although the actual descriptions were top-notch.