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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Incredibly difficult to read at times, but that’s the point of a lot of good books. Sometimes you need to read things that make you uncomfortable and horrified. This book is a masterpiece, Toni is brilliant, and everything she writes is a work of art.
Really loved the writing; it was not like any style I have read before. The characters were all excellent. Paul D was loveable and felt almost like the reader peering in, Denver’s development was rewarding, and Sethe’s rather tragic life was written with great empathy and kindness. A sad book, no doubt, about people trying to live when they are not given the space to.
I think the pacing threw me off a little bit - I enjoyed most the slow domestic unravelling of the story and thought it sped up too much in the last third. I think this also meant that the final parts of the book weren’t as moving for me as they were intended to be, and I felt I had connected most with the characters earlier in the book.
Very glad I read, and something quite different to my usual reads.
I think the pacing threw me off a little bit - I enjoyed most the slow domestic unravelling of the story and thought it sped up too much in the last third. I think this also meant that the final parts of the book weren’t as moving for me as they were intended to be, and I felt I had connected most with the characters earlier in the book.
Very glad I read, and something quite different to my usual reads.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes