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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

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therkive's review against another edition

5.0

I’m so very stunned and heartbroken. Such a phenomenal read. The time loop, the diary, and the reference to Schrodinger's cat... I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.

deschatjes's review against another edition

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5.0

what an awesome book - haven't read something so interesting and yet repulsive and compelling in a long time.

jugglingdodo's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

erose99's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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amandajinut's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

crescendo90's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

thecatmouse's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

3.75

uuuuuffffff this book was a lot…
you get swept off with the first two parts, the back and forth of the narration (even though why is Ruth so detestable? really hope the author wasn’t depicting herself fr cause girl that character was boring and flat as hell), the mystery is a page turner
and then
it gets so grim… for basically no reason
the topics were heavy but for the first two parts it made sense, after that well suicide, bullying, WWII, a tsunami were enough, rape and prostitution? a bit much if i may
although the introduction to zen theories and practices was so informative, yeah the ending about quantum physics bored me so much I almost didn’t finish the book

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