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دوشیزگان by Alex Michaelides

511 reviews

wingarium_lexi0sa's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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carrieivey's review against another edition

4.0

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elliotjackson's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had trouble getting into this book initially, but I found myself entranced by the parallels of Greek tragedies to the characters. I do believe the heavy mythological themes and references tended to overshadow the plot at times and make it more difficult to follow, but they also served their purpose in making the book a reflection of life, death, and tragedy. I found it interesting how every character’s past could be interconnected to their present and the role they played. There was definitely an emphasis on the concept of how hurt people will hurt people, and that ultimately, nobody’s story is without its shades of grey.

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suggsygirl's review against another edition

2.25

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

What an absolute mess this book is. I guessed the killer almost immediately, like seriously, was the author even trying to make it mysterious and I also guessed their reason for the killing which was at least a bit obscured. The one good thing this book has is that it's readable but everything else is utterly awful. This is an author who cannot write female characters at all, like in any way. The main character is supposed to be a therapist and can't even vaguely guess at her own motives and she's an idiot. All the other female characters are beautiful stereotypes who are essentially mean girls in love with the hot professor. It's a super massive cliche at every turn. I hated all the characters in fact, all of them. If you would like everything spelled out to you and you are impressed by the shallowest of research about Greek deities then this is the book for you.

*sighs*

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adeepermystery's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I've still got to make peace with the ending, and what I see as loose ends. But I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong about the ending.

Oh--I wanted to note the author's idiosyncratic use of the m-dash. It was used many places I'd expect a comma, and really broke up the flow of the reading for me at first. It got easier with time. Maybe it's a UK thing? (I grew up in the US and moved to Mexico in my 40s--I know Mexico uses punctuation much differently, so perhaps that's the case with this unusual m-dash usage.)

I'm working to re-establish a daily reading habit, and I was certainly invested in this story! I had a million theories I thought were sooo smart. Pleased to be incorrect about all of them.

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