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479 reviews for:

Mysterious Skin

Scott Heim

4.17 AVERAGE

cosmoth's review

5.0
dark sad 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

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jesspertine's review

3.0
challenging dark reflective slow-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
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wwmck's review

4.0
challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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chronicreads's review

5.0
dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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hettym's review

3.5
dark emotional 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: Complicated

jakenbakex's review

3.0

Beautifully written, but deeply disturbing. A tough read honestly, I almost gave up a couple of time because of the unsettling content but I’m glad I pushed through.

I had seen the movie a very long time ago so I slightly remembered the story outline, although I don’t remember a lot, but the book was much darker than I remember the film being.

I do have to say though that the writing is great, I loved how every chapter was in the point of view of a different person.

This is not a book I would suggest to anyone and it gets 3 stars for being so dark and graphic but again the writing was amazing and the author deserves credit for that.

vivianreadsalot's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lilyaugust's review

3.0

Gratuitously dark

wombat_88's review

4.0
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