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Second Place

Rachel Cusk

3.66 AVERAGE

beth00's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

halfbakedastronaut's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad tense slow-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

slaskin's review against another edition

3.25

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

3.0

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I have such mixed feelings about this book. The writing style is beautiful - I highlighted so many paragraphs because Cusk's way of describing emotions and people's internal monologues is really stunning - but not a ton happens, and it's not totally clear to me what the point of the book is. The characters all sort of blur together at times, and the central conflict doesn't really seem like a conflict. I don't really know how to feel about this book, which is how I landed on three stars ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

freckledfemale's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

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The most interesting book I read in 2022. I can’t wait to read it again and properly annotate it.

alice_chiu's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gcbf's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

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Could not get into this at all. Was reading the same page over and over. 

deden's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious 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

heatherlls's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

not_ellen's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes