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Rachel Cusk

3.66 AVERAGE

readerinthedale's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 78%

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Was due in at the library and I just could not get myself to finish it. It wasn’t bad- insightful writing about life, interesting style. Just… not the right time for it. Was very slow and also all the characters had off-putting vibes.

leilahmichal's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ynnctz's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

abracinhosebeijinhos's review against another edition

3.0

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maybe i would’ve liked this more if i hadn’t read it when i was in a reading slump… still pretty good

sophiegrll's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

yourdearjohn's review against another edition

2.25

dark lighthearted tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sam_reads1's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mnareads's review against another edition

2.0

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

dukegregory's review against another edition

4.0

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August 3rd: This is a 4/4.5. Just as wild on reread except I took a bit more time to process the information regarding Justine and Kurt, honing in on how literally everything is a power dynamic with gender infused. I also read this as an indictment of the privilege we offer artists, particularly those that are male, to be awful people who produce mediocre to great work as well as a treatise on the messy nature of both death of the author and biographical analytical lenses.

May 8th (3 stars): I now REALLY want to read the Outline trilogy.

r3dgiant's review against another edition

2.75

reflective slow-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