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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Interesting, but too depressing for my current mood.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Fell in love with the world and language of the novel. Love switching POV’s per-chapter and enjoyed how varied the cast was; thank you representation. Grew continuously more and more obsessed with everything the novel had to offer up until the final act where it all seemed to fall apart and get lost in itself. The tension that had been so meticulously built for each character and the city itself just kind of…sputtered out. The payoff nonexistent.
It’s a super neat book. Very cyclical in a way throughout the book, not just at the end. Lots of themes to look into as well. The breaks seem like a metaphor for AIDS since the 2 main characters that have it are both gay. Then there’s the climate change apocalypse aspect of the setting. And then there’s the hatred for landlords which I don’t really get. Like the anti Capitalism part? Get it, love it, want it. But what’s with the extreme hate of specifically landlords. Like, which guy evicted him n prompted him to make this book?? Anyway the characters are really well established.
Edit: after some thought, I now realize landlords are in fact bad and it was due to the fact that I own my house that i didn’t see the point. This goes back into the themes of anti capitalism.
Edit: after some thought, I now realize landlords are in fact bad and it was due to the fact that I own my house that i didn’t see the point. This goes back into the themes of anti capitalism.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was fine. I like that one of the main characters is intersex and uses they, and there are queer characters who don't feel at all shoehorned in. However, the world just didn't feel that original. To me it was too reminiscent of so much other dystopian cyber punk. It just didn't move me.
dark
hopeful
tense
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:
No