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Brutes by Dizz Tate

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isabel03's review against another edition

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3.5

really enjoyed but slightly unsure what occurred at the same time

abbiechelle's review

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4.0

I don’t think I actually understood this book very much at all. but I’m obsessed with the greek chorus idea and my girl diaz can write. interested to see future work

rebeckareads's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

This is the first book in memory that I've had to google to fully understand the plot/ending. What a weird little book. What it tries to do, it does very well. And oh, what an equally lovely and devastating thing girlhood is.

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cspa's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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cowgirlcrybaby's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 ⭐️ TLDR; when your circle small but y’all are crazy - “like a cherry pie shimmering with roaches.” Ethel Cain meets Sharp Objects meets Bunny by Mona Awad.……. And directed by Sofia Coppola. Jesus Christ - witty, tragic, weird, and suffocating meditations on the horrors of girlhood and growing up in small Florida town. This was not at all what I thought it was going to be but not upset at what I got, never really read anything quite like this. The prose really stopped me in my tracks at times, Tate has a way of saying so much with so little. But the rotating POVs were a bit hard to follow, same with the “fantasy” elements but by the end I chalked those up to embellished childhood imagination and do think they really added to the story. Beware of TW, didn’t see anything about that before reading but touches on themes of child SA. Solid 4.5 imo~

fkshg8465's review

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reflective 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

1.75

I really wanted to like this book, but everyone was right. I finished it and have no memory of what I actually read. It’s basically one long string of consciousness, like one giant run on sentence.