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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
A little too circular; confused on the final fragment
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I could not put this book down! I had an idea of where I thought it was going and was COMPLETELY wrong, which I love. This book kept me guessing, horrified me, made me laugh, made me cry. Absolutely phenomenal.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
mysterious
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
Audiobook.
Honestly I'm just thoroughly confused. It's definitely strange and very multi-layered. If you're into that, this book is for you. I also recommend the physical book, the audiobook version is just impossible to digest for me.
Honestly I'm just thoroughly confused. It's definitely strange and very multi-layered. If you're into that, this book is for you. I also recommend the physical book, the audiobook version is just impossible to digest for me.
2.5 stars
Ok, so I’m going to be in the minority on this one looks like. At first I was really enjoying this book. I loved the imagery and the whole feverish dreamlike atmosphere being so carefully painted.
Then it turned into a story within a story within a dream within a memory and back again. The whole thing became a kind of metafictional word salad. The device started to take precedence over the characters and the plot and I started to get bored.
A great start that unfortunately ended up unravelling for me. That said, most of my Goodreads friends are giving it 4 or 5 stars, so you should certainly take my experience with a grain of salt.
Ok, so I’m going to be in the minority on this one looks like. At first I was really enjoying this book. I loved the imagery and the whole feverish dreamlike atmosphere being so carefully painted.
Then it turned into a story within a story within a dream within a memory and back again. The whole thing became a kind of metafictional word salad. The device started to take precedence over the characters and the plot and I started to get bored.
A great start that unfortunately ended up unravelling for me. That said, most of my Goodreads friends are giving it 4 or 5 stars, so you should certainly take my experience with a grain of salt.
This was confusing at times, but overall really creative and I had a good time.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another fantastic book by the author, due to her usual writing style, I was thinking ‘who, what, why?’ Throughout and loved every page for that reason.
The concept was so so good, a book within book (multiple times) and gives such a multi layered read, even more so with the different formats. I do feel that it is a book that I will reread to understand it even more.
The concept was so so good, a book within book (multiple times) and gives such a multi layered read, even more so with the different formats. I do feel that it is a book that I will reread to understand it even more.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was part mystery, horror, and magical realism. I like that it is a book within a book about the stories of these intertwined people who have something tragic happen to them. It made you question what the real story was because of the layers. There was a little part interwoven about trapping people. My favorite quote about that was, 'You can make a trap out of anything: a painting or a word.'... 'You can send a soul out into a star, imprison it on the head of a pin.' ... 'Anything can be a prison."
It was a little confusing at times, but not in a bad way. I do appreciate how you think you know what is going on and then nope that's not it, made it very mysterious. Didn't see what happened with Harper coming at all. Overall, it's a good book and I HIGHLY recommend it.
It was a little confusing at times, but not in a bad way. I do appreciate how you think you know what is going on and then nope that's not it, made it very mysterious. Didn't see what happened with Harper coming at all. Overall, it's a good book and I HIGHLY recommend it.