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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

booksencouraged's review against another edition

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Not a bad book, just not the right time for me. Very slow. 

karaloyd's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

3.75

rema0803's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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adaukaus's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

dcunitz's review against another edition

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4.0

“At first I was like, No way am I saying that, but when you hang out with people who are always being supergrateful and appreciating things and saying thank you, in the end it kind of rubs off, and one day after I had flushed, I turned to the toilet and said, “thanks, toilet”, and it felt pretty natural.”

lyssa3713's review against another edition

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

4.25

allyabru13's review against another edition

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dark 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

3.0

hopiescopie's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

_leitmotif_'s review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

3.0

some lovely and subtle themes of how we do and don’t connect to past events and selves, and do or don’t comprehend the flow of time up to this point on how we think and act, and the potential avenues that open and close to the future as a result of that. 

imita's review against another edition

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5.0

deeply deeply satisfying