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Berlin by Bea Setton

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kittyd22's review

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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

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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

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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

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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