735 reviews for:

The Antidote

Karen Russell

4.15 AVERAGE

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trillium_apiary's review

4.25
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Complicated

I love how the author used magical realism to fill in what we can’t know about the past or future, and make us reconsider what histories and narratives we’ve been told.

5lewins's review

4.5
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

katemaruyama's review

3.0
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: Complicated
adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

wurdmann's review

4.5
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-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
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sheasheashea's review

5.0

AN ABSOLUTE BANGER
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sylvia_p77's review

challenging sad tense slow-paced

dababriggs's review

4.5
adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

dmbast's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-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
slow-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes