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Tangerine by Christine Mangan

9 reviews

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked the idea of the storyline; I just don’t think it came across right. I liked the mystery of it and how the woman was the bad guy rather than the husband as with most historical fiction. Most historical fictions have the whole “women should be in the kitchen and all of their husbands are abusing them” and I'm glad it wasn’t like that for once. I liked the husband in this book, even though we knew he would end up dying.

One of the issues I had with this book is I hated the main characters, both Alice and Lucy were unbearable. They were both blended into one character, so even though there was two points of view, it just felt like one point of view but with a character that has bipolar or something. I wanted to smack Alice and Lucy. I wanted to smack Alice for not being smarter after it happened once before. I wanted to smack Lucy for being a selfish cow and not being a girl’s girl. The flip flopping between the past and the present gave me a headache. I couldn’t keep track. I would have liked a happy ending with Lucy being dead or getting some form of justice and being in prison but instead I'm left with more questions than answers and for a book that I didn’t like, I don’t like having questions with no answers.

It felt like Saltburn on crack, expect I understood Saltburn, I didn’t enjoy it, but I understood it. This book was just chaos.

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lay_kone's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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your_true_shelf's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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directorpurry's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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rosie_pow's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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kefowler's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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molroseh's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

1.0

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hollsbookshelf's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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abbeyhuffine94's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

I enjoyed the imagery and wanderlust aspect of this novel a lot. I really think the setting carried this novel but the plot is a good mystery as well.

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