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Talking at Night

Claire Daverley

4.02 AVERAGE

emotional reflective medium-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: Complicated

too long

i needed a quick, easy book to read while i was sick in bed, and this was exactly that. nothing life-changing and i found it a bit saccharine at times, but i got through it in an evening. it feels quite YA, and it reminded me of the books i read as a teenager which was nice and nostalgic. 
challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Complicated feelings on this one, tragically. I really enjoyed parts of this. This was, overall, a really interesting read, but I also realized that while I was having a good time reading it and I was interested to see how things unfolded, I felt deeply disconnected with the characters. Something about the way this was written just made me feel like there was a veil in between me and the characters, like it was all being told to me by an outside observer. It was just a strange sensation.

I'm glad I stuck it out through the realization that there were no quotation marks to be seen, though.
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

LIFE CHANGING
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes