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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've considered this book one of my favorites since I first read it half my life ago. And while the broad strokes have stayed with me all these years, I'm astounded by all the texture, humor, and awfulness I'd either forgotten, or that had gone over my head the first time I read it. I read it as a teenager. I read it at a prep school. So it goes.
This review is only to say that this is a wonder of a book, so original and so impossible to explain that it makes you just want to grab a stranger by the lapel and beg them to read it. I also want to say—blast prep school. If you have a favorite book you haven't read since then, you probably owe yourself a re-read. Who knows what you'll pick up the 2nd time around.
Poo-tee-weet?
This review is only to say that this is a wonder of a book, so original and so impossible to explain that it makes you just want to grab a stranger by the lapel and beg them to read it. I also want to say—blast prep school. If you have a favorite book you haven't read since then, you probably owe yourself a re-read. Who knows what you'll pick up the 2nd time around.
Poo-tee-weet?
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
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
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-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
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As others have stated, this book was tough to get into at first, but eventually I couldn’t put it down.
I find it to be a great narrative on PTSD-induced schizophrenia, but I don’t know if that’s the intended takeaway 😅
I laughed. I groaned. I pictured things I needn’t see ever again. Definitely recommended for those into dark humour. He drops some of the most gruesome, goriest things I’ve ever heard but in the most casual way.
I find it to be a great narrative on PTSD-induced schizophrenia, but I don’t know if that’s the intended takeaway 😅
I laughed. I groaned. I pictured things I needn’t see ever again. Definitely recommended for those into dark humour. He drops some of the most gruesome, goriest things I’ve ever heard but in the most casual way.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A