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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
Do you ever read a book and think, how can people not read when there’s wonderful stories like this in the world? Yeah, this isn’t that. This is the book people pick up and decide to never read another book in their life. I don’t know what the fuck I just read. I thought I was reading a story about a woman caring for her mother with Alzheimers but instead was sent on some path about a transgender person and a made up language and none of it made a damn bit of sense. None of it felt connected and it was a really boring book that seemed to have no plot line. It somehow has 3.5 stars on StoryGraph and I just don’t understand. It’s listed as magical realism but I think that’s a stretch… but then again, I have no idea what was even going on so maybe that’s exactly what this book was.
I want to clarify on “excitement factor” rating, that it has nothing to do with it being exciting… but rather how engaging the story line is.
Excitement Factor
10 the story allowed me to feel all parts of the story accordingly, from set building, character building moving into the primary conflict of the story with an appropriate build to the climax, and then resulting in a resolution for the characters/set
8 the story felt rushed in either the set building or character building but did have an appropriate build to conflict, climax, and resolution or vis versa
6 the story felt rushed in the set building or character building and struggled to get to the conflict early enough in the story (before the 75% mark), but it did have good resolution
4 the story felt rushed in the set building and character building and rushed to get to the conflict while still having resolution
2 the story felt rushed in the set building, character building, and the conflict while having a rushed resolution
1 DNF/Skimmed to finish
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| Gut Instinct Rating: | 2
| Characters: | 4
| Believability: | 5
| Uniqueness: | 10
| Writing Style: | 4
| Excitement Factor: | 10
| Story Line: | 10
| Title Relevance: | 10
| Artwork Relevance: | 10
| Audiobook Narration: | 8
| Overall: | 7.30
| Audiobook: | 3.65
| % Audiobook | 73%
Este es el típico libro con el q continuamente te preguntas qué estás leyendo. He llegado a la página 100 de 300 y ha sido entre turbio, pesado y algo pedante.
No merece mi tiempo…
No merece mi tiempo…
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I imagined Marcus as Jack Flanagan, who I had thought was a woman.
Incredible. A fever dream from start to finish, mystical interweaving storylines that drag you downstream.
Man Booker shortlist. Needed to read this in one go after a few days failing to get to grips with the fragmented storyline and difficult characters. Well worth setting aside the time. Surely the oddest bunch of characters and more twists and turns than anything I've ever read. A story that eventually reveals itself but left questions. What on earth is a Bonak?
Thought this would be more about sea monsters and less about terrible decisions
I bought this to read on my travels back to New Orleans from Vancouver because I read Crying in H Mart on the flight there and hadn’t packed two or three backup books as I usually do. I didn’t really enjoy this book, it’s not bad, but I never connected with the characters or story.
Aesthetically I want to love this book. A retelling of a classic done with an artistic, literary twist? Instead I was mostly bored and confused. It’s all out of order with a lot of second person direct, which makes it (purposefully?) confusing to follow. Also if you know the myth of Oedipus the shocking twist is inevitable. Maybe would have risen to a 3.5 if I had a charming professor try to convince me this book was amazing, but sadly I do not.