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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Going to put this down as I don’t have any desire to return to it.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The writing is smart, but the character development is lackluster. Most of the true-crime elements fizzled towards the middle and it almost felt like this was two separate novel ideas that got smashed into one.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
challenging
reflective
medium-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
challenging
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
mysterious
fast-paced
Interesting concept I just don't think I know enough about English politics and media landscape to fully grasp what the author is talking about. She does do a great job creating unlikable realistic characters.
A sharp social satire and study of language and the nature of truth. The story begins around an article written by a freelance journalist about a communal movement "The Universalists" who want progress for everyone, but their "everyone" is markedly homogenous (middle class and white).
There were some really smart lines
"I feel so old sometimes. So tired. But it's not a scary or disappointing feeling. In fact, it's a relief. The lion's share of my life is behind me. Good riddance. I don't want to see how all this ends. I've grown so disgusted by this world, all of the idiot-people who inhabit it and the ugly things they do, and say, the smallness of their minds and lives and thoughts. Their barely conscious reward-seeking behavior is so predictable" Oh Lenny!
Sometimes the characters felt a bit flat and predictable
There were some really smart lines
"I feel so old sometimes. So tired. But it's not a scary or disappointing feeling. In fact, it's a relief. The lion's share of my life is behind me. Good riddance. I don't want to see how all this ends. I've grown so disgusted by this world, all of the idiot-people who inhabit it and the ugly things they do, and say, the smallness of their minds and lives and thoughts. Their barely conscious reward-seeking behavior is so predictable" Oh Lenny!
Sometimes the characters felt a bit flat and predictable