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Dead Astronauts

Jeff VanderMeer

3.49 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have no idea what this book was about but it was...interesting.
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

I'm going to physically read this book before I rate it. I listened to the audiobook, and I don't think that was the right choice for me. I felt lost frequently- never quite sure who was speaking and having no clue how far back to go to figure it out. I definitely wasn't paying enough attention as I should have been at times (listening while driving or cleaning). Oh well. I'll try again.
adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a very weird, very abstract book. It’s hard to peek through the swirls of text to find the actual story - and once you do, it’s still difficult to parse out what’s really happening start to finish. It felt a bit like Djuna Barnes’s Nightwood - similarly, I think this book takes a very specific kind of reader to enjoy it, and that does not happen to be me today.

did jeff get really big into mmo shooters or something? i swear this is just the respawn cycle.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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DID NOT FINISH

This book is absolute hot garbage. I usually give books I don’t enjoy a little credit but this book is a hot mess with zero redeeming qualities and that sucks because I think jeff is a great author with interesting ideas