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nemtynakht's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
marlak91's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jcgrenn_reads's review against another edition
5.0
The Lightness—a meditation on desires of flesh and the irony of desiring whatever is beyond it. This novel is full of rich characters each struggling with her own wants amidst the backdrop of Buddhism asking them to let those go. This book as a whole revolves on what it is to have a body, to inhabit one, to be on earth but filled with the hummings of something outside earth, sprinkled with metaphysics (and physics) about the odds of one person’s ability to rise above the desires that come with growing up. This book levitated right to the top of my favorite books I’ve read this year.
holly_suds55's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
laulattt's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
asktheletters's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
lacestow7's review against another edition
2.0
Boy, was I disappointed in this book. The description was so promising. I was expecting an eerie, suspenseful book, and this book just did not deliver.
There were elements that could be considered eerie, but it just fell flat. This book hints at something that happens later in the summer, as well as possibly, a death, but it takes forever to actually get to that point where all is revealed.
There was way too much build-up, and not nearly enough reward. If I DNF’d books, I would have with this one. And honestly I should have anyway, because this book just didn’t draw me in, even by the halfway point, I was still not enjoying it.
I read this as my first book for spooky season, and it let me down. Hopefully, my next spooky read will be better.
Even though you’d think this book was YA because of the ages of the characters, it doesn’t read like a YA book. The narrator is adult Olivia retelling her summer at camp, and you can definitely tell it is an adult voice.
The writing style for this book is not something I’m used to, so I had to adjust to that as well.
I wouldn’t recommend this book, but as everyone has different tastes, you might enjoy this one.
There were elements that could be considered eerie, but it just fell flat. This book hints at something that happens later in the summer, as well as possibly, a death, but it takes forever to actually get to that point where all is revealed.
There was way too much build-up, and not nearly enough reward. If I DNF’d books, I would have with this one. And honestly I should have anyway, because this book just didn’t draw me in, even by the halfway point, I was still not enjoying it.
I read this as my first book for spooky season, and it let me down. Hopefully, my next spooky read will be better.
Even though you’d think this book was YA because of the ages of the characters, it doesn’t read like a YA book. The narrator is adult Olivia retelling her summer at camp, and you can definitely tell it is an adult voice.
The writing style for this book is not something I’m used to, so I had to adjust to that as well.
I wouldn’t recommend this book, but as everyone has different tastes, you might enjoy this one.
demon_catheter's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
moumita's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book was a whole lot of nothing..
auroraboringallofus's review against another edition
3.0
The book is about passion, desire, longing, and belief, I guess, but wow is it tedious. ("That same old slog," as the narrator says repeatedly to dismiss some cliched turn of events. How appropriate.) Perfectly, for a book about Buddhism, I felt completely detached, uninvolved, uninvested, removed -- no compulsion to continue with this book. It should have been interesting, since it pulls together so many themes and points of references. But it was just one big boring shrug.