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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
Even the jankiest, hand-me-down, damaged, as-is human heart - one that couldn’t pass a user safety inspection to save its own ventricles - can be the hand-crafted, jewel-toned, durable, all-seasons, high-end accessory before, during, and after the fact of life on planet Earth. Other people don’t just get you from day to day; they get you there - despite all their irritating habits and unnecessary mannerisms - in comfort, good company, high style, full of canapés, with a good buzz going, and looking like somebody to reckon with…
Some of the humor feels forced and repetitive - perhaps trying too hard to imitate Douglas Adams - but much of it works, and at at least a couple points the story manages to be touching as well.
Fun fever dream but impossible to follow as an audiobook
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fun smooth brain adventure with plenty of pop culture references and questionable puns.
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
sad
fast-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
I so badly wanted to love this. The premise sounds like a David Bowie concept album as written by Douglas Adams. Unfortunately, I found the writing style more distracting than funny, with too many tangents that distracted from developing a connection with the plot and characters.
Really loved the story and especially all the Eurovision references, but the style of writing is just somehow hard to read and stay connected with for me.
I can see why it’s compared to my beloved HGTTG but I had to give up 15 pages in because it is so overwritten.