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Looking Glass Sound

Catriona Ward

3.59 AVERAGE

mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So many levels and layers…kind of wish I’d taken notes 
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

This was really twisty. Normally not one for thrillers but this isnt really a thriller in the usual sense, it's much more storytelling and suspense. It's about a serial killer in a small Maine town and how that affects the kids who ended up at the center of it. The twists here are CRAZY. I spent many minutes trying to get it right in my head after i finished the book. Very meta, very entertaining
dark mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book felt similar to The Night House. I think I just don’t like the whole memoir inside of fiction thing.

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comptron's review

3.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

the first half is especially absorbing; after, the nested narratives reflect a worthy thesis (the power of the written word), but are unwarrantedly confusing. 
adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

This book was a mind fuck. I feel like I need to re-read to figure out what the hell was happening. I thought I understood the book until about 75% in, then re-oriented and then that pattern continued and accelerated 2 more times. The plot kept inverting on itself like a book-ception, and not sure I fully kept up with it 😅🤪
dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes