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Universality

Natasha Brown

3.48 AVERAGE

pleasuretohaveinclass's review against another edition

2.5

dark 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

above my head I guess

gretaback's review against another edition

3.5

challenging reflective

julie66's review against another edition

2.75

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amethystsunset's review against another edition

3.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stephenreadsandwrites's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

A slim novel that offers critiques on class, economics, and gender. The middle two chapters, Edmonton and Weymouth were particularly well-juxtaposed and showed glimpses of real promise. The authors choice to settle on the character of Lenny as the eventual focal character was puzzling to me. The prose itself is average. Not a bad book to spend a few hours with, but ultimately feels incomplete, as so many promising threads are essentially abandoned. Another hundred pages would have served to more fully explore the dozen or so socio-cultural questions the book raises.