Reviews

We Spread by Iain Reid

gilliske's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

monicaa_d's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This was a quick read, and engaging. Since the narrator is losing time, the book doesn't dwell on the mundane, but instead skips to each crucial event in turn. I think it would take me another read to tease out all of the themes and meanings of the story's elements. I feel as though the book spoke to bodily autonomy and right to die, playing God, and the contrast between feeling pressure to complete things that don't need to be completed and pressure to extend infinitely things that should come to an end. 

The characterization was crucial to the story, and was done very well. Being in the shoes of a woman reflecting on her life while battling the confusion that clouds her own mind and trying to parse out what's real and what's a lie was just as disorienting as it was meant to be.

bookinhand_peyton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

praaatha's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

kimvandorp's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

myaxrae's review against another edition

5.0

4.5

thecozyintrovert's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nikkihp's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

lynnnnn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

christinamarie's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

very compelling writing style, but

i wish i knew what was happening in that place for real and that sort of left me with an "unfinished" feeling