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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
girlhood is very goth
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit, Sexual harassment
on the one hand, I wish i’d been able to read this when I was younger. on the other, I would hesitate to give this book to a young teenage girl and leave the handful of incidents of male violence (although perhaps realistic) unaddressed.
Just not the vibe rn - going to revisit in the fall.
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
a gorgeously written book. i couldnt ask it to be anything different
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Ended up skimming this after the first few pages, as I did want to see how the story would wrap up. But the ending is really vague and I didn’t quite get it, so I might as well have DNF’ed it?
I just couldn’t get on board with the writing style. And because that’s one of the main reasons people give for loving this book, I struggled from page 1. There’s no plot, but there are endless descriptions of a child’s adventures. It just wasn’t something I connected to. One of my pet peeves in writing is when a writer describes the change in season/weather with incredible detail, and that’s exactly what this author consistently did. And when issues about gender came to light, which could’ve been interesting to explore further, they were fleeting and seemed to pass so quickly they might as well not have been included. I really wanted to like this, but it just wasn’t for me.
I just couldn’t get on board with the writing style. And because that’s one of the main reasons people give for loving this book, I struggled from page 1. There’s no plot, but there are endless descriptions of a child’s adventures. It just wasn’t something I connected to. One of my pet peeves in writing is when a writer describes the change in season/weather with incredible detail, and that’s exactly what this author consistently did. And when issues about gender came to light, which could’ve been interesting to explore further, they were fleeting and seemed to pass so quickly they might as well not have been included. I really wanted to like this, but it just wasn’t for me.
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No