Reviews

Berlin by Bea Setton

gargi_g's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.75

alixf889's review against another edition

I didn’t like it 

alijtaylor's review against another edition

3.0

I think unreliable narrators are hard to do, and that this one missed the mark a bit. To me the problem was the amount of times she admitted she was lying and said "I don't know why I lied; it's a compulsion" because it took the fun out of deciding when to trust her. I did really enjoy the last chapter, I think it made me enjoy it much more than I had before. This book has stuck with me quite strongly since I've read it.

fernweh85's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

myahhunt's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

kittyd22's review

adventurous challenging funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

perfectly written, perfect pace! 

peytonwalters's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

fadodido's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.75

I like books where nothing happens but not this one. The way this book was written, while weirdly engaging, it had a stream of consciousness feeling to it that kind of just drifted along. And there wasn't enough weight to anything to drive the tension I think the book was trying to get at. It felt like a journal- just a logging of details with some naval gazing and occasional metaphors thrown in. 
So while things happened, it felt like nothing happened, and there was no payoff for the nothing so... 

annamickreads's review against another edition

2.0

I know the protagonist is supposed to be an unreliable, semi-insufferable privileged narrator, but I think the author's intent worked a little too well

abbystevenson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-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

4.5