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3.24 AVERAGE
3.24 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I honestly didn’t know what was going on for most of the book but I still enjoyed it. It just went over my head but that’s on me. I always love when authors narrate their own books!
ms. oyeyemi is excellent at weaving stories that feel like fairy tales for grown ups, and this was definitely no exception. i read through some of the reviews before i started reading myself, and i feel like other people went into this book expecting something else, and that's why they were disappointed. i, personally, got exactly what i signed up for, and i am so very glad that i did.
This book is really a journey. That's the best way to explain it. The storytelling is so poetic and gentle, you're just taking a stroll through the lives of three generations of women. It's soft and nostalgic in a way I didn't expect and quickly become one of my favorite books.
Gorgeous + freaky + completely immersive. I loved the characters + the descriptions + I printed out Emily Dickinson's gingerbread recipe to try out myself :-)
This book is weird, meandering, and hard to recommend. Still, I loved it.
Utterly confused and bored 40 pages in. Couldn’t finish.
🍊🍊🍊
if Murakami had a take on ‘Great Expectations,’ mixed it with fairytale magic, and sprinkled ‘fucks’ all over it — what a joy.
“That heart, ground to ash and shot through with darts of heat, salt, spice, and sulphorous syrup . . . you are phenomenal. You’ve ruined my life forever. Thank you.”
if Murakami had a take on ‘Great Expectations,’ mixed it with fairytale magic, and sprinkled ‘fucks’ all over it — what a joy.
“That heart, ground to ash and shot through with darts of heat, salt, spice, and sulphorous syrup . . . you are phenomenal. You’ve ruined my life forever. Thank you.”
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really tried to like it, but I couldn't. Pacing was all over the place. There were plot holes and also we just ignored the incest??