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3.71 AVERAGE

emotional funny mysterious 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
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Emily St. John Mandel delivers another book of solid fiction after Station Eleven. Lots of interesting characters, different perspective, mysterious happenings, and maybe ghosts. My only reservation is sometimes I would have liked to get to know some of the characters better - like Paul, the main character's brother. He is prominent right away and then sporadic afterwards. But a good book overall,

keeneybee's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

Didn't enjoy how it was written.
dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lasihotelli ei oikein napannut. Pidän kyllä St. John Mandelin tavasta kirjoittaa varsinkin ensimmäisen neljänneksen jälkeen, mutta jotenkin tämä ei yltänyt Asema 11 tasolle millään lailla. En ollut kiinnostunut kenestäkään muusta hahmosta kuin Vincentistä eikä kiinnostanut, mitä muille kävi. En ymmärrä rahoitusmaailmasta tarpeeksi, että olisin tuntenut mitään muuta kuin vastenmielisyyttä koko pyramidihuijausasiaa ja kaikkia työntekijöitä kohtaan. Aion kuitenki  lukea myös Rauhallisuuden meren, koska siitä olen kuullut hyvää.

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

★★★½
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venusinlove's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 46%

i. am. bored.
dark emotional reflective 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: Complicated
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes