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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book needed a braver editor because it reads like an underdeveloped draft. It’s just a handful of vignettes of insufferable people espousing their racist and eugenicist beliefs, which they cloak in critiques of “classism.”
No one character or thread is followed through on, making it a really unsatisfying read, and then it just…ends. No twist, no point made, no character development, nothing. What was the point?
No one character or thread is followed through on, making it a really unsatisfying read, and then it just…ends. No twist, no point made, no character development, nothing. What was the point?
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
dark
funny
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
I enjoyed the long-form article style at the start but then I really got lost after that. The characters in this book are SO unlikeable but I'm not sure if that's the point? Premise definitely outweighed the execution on this one unfortunately.
there’s some good stuff in here. the first and last chapters were great. i loved the subtley and expansiveness of the article. the weird dog whistles scattered throughout (e.g unpasteurised milk propaganda???) were subtle enough to be overlooked, but cast in a new light later on. my perspective on the article changed with each chapter. i liked the idea of revealing the biases and agendas in something that seemed so innocuous. and it was so fun to be in the mind of the grifter at the end, and i enjoyed lenny’s narrative voice.
the other chapters felt a bit meaningless and half-baked. i’m not sure they added much. honestly, the whole novel felt a bit directionless and underformed — it brought up a lot of interesting ideas, but failed to carry them all the way. even the prose felt like it could’ve used another go-over. i was just looking for a bit more depth overall — it felt like more of a vignette of what modern culture journalism looks like than a fully-formed exploration of it. but maybe that’s all it wanted to be
the other chapters felt a bit meaningless and half-baked. i’m not sure they added much. honestly, the whole novel felt a bit directionless and underformed — it brought up a lot of interesting ideas, but failed to carry them all the way. even the prose felt like it could’ve used another go-over. i was just looking for a bit more depth overall — it felt like more of a vignette of what modern culture journalism looks like than a fully-formed exploration of it. but maybe that’s all it wanted to be
challenging
dark
reflective
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:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
First book sent to me by StorySmith - birthday present from friends.
Really not sure what to make of it. First part was a long essay about a stolen gold bar - decently written. The rest went into more depth about some of the characters in the long essay.
Really not sure what to make of it. First part was a long essay about a stolen gold bar - decently written. The rest went into more depth about some of the characters in the long essay.