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Erasure by Percival Everett

readingmermaid's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

mkrmkr's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

vkce23's review against another edition

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

3.5

I admired this book a lot. I loved the main storyline throughout, following Monk and his life and work at a specific time. I initially found the novel within a novel a bit jarring, but soon got over this. Erasure has Everett’s wonderful wit, it’s sad and humorous at the same time, such a skill.  A lot of the literary references, sections of other books and things Monk was thinking or had written, went over my head a little. The satire of it all and the themes are excellent and I think if I was better at analysis and a deeper thinking reader, this would have reached me on a deeper level. The Trees is still my favourite of his this far. 

bianca89279's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

tscott907's review against another edition

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3.75

Read after recently seeing American Fiction, which I liked but had criticisms which I was hoping the novel would paper over for me. Luckily they were mostly answered. I liked that the book was more interior and had less of the family plot that I felt stretched the length of the film. I loved that it included a section of the fictional book because that section really did showcase Monk’s self-loathing and how ridiculous a lot of popular “urban fiction” is — I was uncomfortable reading these chapters, yet every white character was frothing at the mouth over how real and raw they were. Everett’s prose is excellent.

geoccali's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

carolita1128's review against another edition

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challenging funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jenniferhorn's review against another edition

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

3.0

personoftheyear2006's review

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2.5

the yellowface of 20 something years ago? shocking, uncomfortable, frustrating, and good - personally it was overhyped and I was let down but it was great storytelling. 

dmbast's review against another edition

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challenging funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0