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Werecockroach by Polenth Blake

oshild's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

tyler_j's review against another edition

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funny

2.0

I came for an entertaining story, not to have a million lectures shoved down my throat. Lectures that mostly I agree with, but that still doesn't make it less irritating. It felt more like "how many morals and lessons can I shove down readers throats?" and less like "how can I make an entertaining story?" 

johnwillson's review

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5.0

It's hard to keep secrets during an alien invasion. A fun tale of first contact, told on the personal scale of three flatmates, two of whom might not - it turns out - be entirely human. There are no laser battles or crashing motherships here. The story is told gently, and remains focused on kind people.

squishies's review

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3.0

3.5 stars

This was a pretty fun read, though I couldn't help but be reminded of [b:The Butterfly Kid|1137558|The Butterfly Kid|Chester Anderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1297282485l/1137558._SY75_.jpg|1124797]. They both have this same surreal feeling to an otherwise normal world.

leahkarge's review

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4.0

3.5 stars

This novella was strange and fun! Read the full review on my blog.

araleith's review

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5.0

This was a charming and strange and fun little story. I highly recommend it for a quick read.

lasiepedimore's review

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4.0

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Allora, visto che l’inglese non è la mia lingua madre e che il lessico relativo agli insetti non è il mio forte, mi ero convinta che werecockroach fosse un tipo particolare di cockroach, ovvero di blatta (non è decisamente il libro adatto a chi schifa gli insetti). Questo, oppure il mio cervello rifiutava di prendere in considerazione l’idea di blatte mannare: invece è proprio quello che significa il titolo. Blatta mannara.

Che ingenua a pensare che l’elemento più bizzarro della storia fosse un’invasione aliena.

Stranamente, però, questo libro funziona. Un sacco. Racconta una storia così balzana e così piena di sarcasmo che mi ha divertito tanto da farmi rimpiangere il fatto che fosse un romanzo breve. Il fatto che Blake abbia (e abbia avuto) delle blatte come animali domestici fa sì che conosca molto bene le caratteristiche e il comportamento di questi insetti e che l’abbia inserito in maniera coerente nella sua storia (per esempio, apparentemente le blatte detestano i cetrioli e c’è una scena molto divertente con le blatte mannare alle prese con questo ortaggio).

Per quanto riguarda l’arrivo dellз alienз, è ovvio che sconvolga la vita di questз tre coinquilinз (Rin, appena arrivatǝ, Peter e Sanjay), che non hanno il tempo di familiarizzare che subito devono entrare in modalità sopravvivenza. E anche questз alienз, poi, che ci mettono così tanto a materializzarsi e che pensavano pure che le forme di vita più intelligenti del pianeta fossero le formiche… 

ileana1's review

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DNF around 27 percent, I just never really got into it.

bonriki's review

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

pam_h's review

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3.0

This has to be the most delightful "alien invasion" story ever. Rin's dry, dry sarcasm is catnip for me, and combining that with Pete's conspiracy theories at the moment of an actual alien sighting was good stuff. 

And it's just so clever. Even when it's at its silliest, it's clever silly. Realistic silly, even. I loved the direction it took, I loved that I didn't have to turn my brain off to enjoy it (because I don't do that very well), and I loved the humor. 

It's short -- even shorter than that page count since the last chapter is basically a flashback from one of the tertiary character's POVs -- and I really wanted to see what was next for this budding friends-as-family group since I felt like Rin was almost as much of a mystery to me as they were intentionally being with their new roommates, but I found the ending satisfying enough to enjoy it and recommend it to anyone looking for a quick diversion that's smart, funny and different from anything else you've read.