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Grobowa cisza, żałobny zgiełk by Yōko Ogawa

honnari_hannya's review against another edition

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3.0

A series of loosely-linked light horror and thriller stories, which reads as if Yoko Ogawa was doing the writing version of an exquisite corpse game. Fun stuff, especially liked the stories that veered more into the speculative end of the scale.

mercurue's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

zstew11's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.75

delynia's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

elloelliot's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

theobscurereader_7's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

virago's review against another edition

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I just wasn't into it.  

xtie's review against another edition

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5.0

I’m so glad I read this. I love Ogawa like this. I love the gothic!!

noragrace89's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5⭐️
I enjoyed finding the little connections between the stories but overall the collection was ok.
Favorite story: Fruit juice

rereader33's review against another edition

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2.0

Some of the stories were good, but most were either average or too weird for this collection. Don’t really have much else to say, I didn’t really like it but it wasn’t offensive. Give it a try if you want, but you’re not missing much if you don’t.