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lynxpardinus's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Medical content
Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, Ableism, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, War, Domestic abuse, and Racism
saraaaa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Misogyny, Body shaming, and Racism
sipping_tea_with_ghosts's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Enjoyed my read, even if it felt more like a collection of ideas than a complete story. Brief but bursting with interesting bits of worldbuilding and a great "what if" scenario that warrants uncomfortable questions about our existence and how unimportant we are on the potential journey of others.
The summary promises a much more epic adventure than what is actually presented in the book however - coming off as half a dozen vignettes exploring an aspect of the Zone, lacking a real sense of progression. The main character is also about as complicated and welcoming as a porcupine seat cushion. The second half of the book was much more entertaining to me since it focused on two men debating existence at a bar instead of following around the barbed personality protagonist and his mutated daughter with no personality besides kid_behavior.exe and wife with subserviant_doe.exe
So if you're going through the classics like I am, then I'd say its great on delivering those intriguing introspections but lacking in a compelling journey. For less than 200 pages though, you could do much, much worse.
The summary promises a much more epic adventure than what is actually presented in the book however - coming off as half a dozen vignettes exploring an aspect of the Zone, lacking a real sense of progression. The main character is also about as complicated and welcoming as a porcupine seat cushion. The second half of the book was much more entertaining to me since it focused on two men debating existence at a bar instead of following around the barbed personality protagonist and his mutated daughter with no personality besides kid_behavior.exe and wife with subserviant_doe.exe
So if you're going through the classics like I am, then I'd say its great on delivering those intriguing introspections but lacking in a compelling journey. For less than 200 pages though, you could do much, much worse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Violence
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