829 reviews for:

The Antidote

Karen Russell

4.14 AVERAGE

joanneadams54's review

4.0

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

edecarlo11's review

4.75

emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gillilovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

saramtaylor's review

4.5

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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: No

reluctancetango's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

casshaw's review

3.5

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

cshook8560's review

3.75

emotional mysterious 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

rachelblair's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

haleylomonaco's review

4.25

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

aksyring's review

5.0

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Stunning. Each sentence seems perfectly crafted. It took a little while to get into it, but that was probably to understand the world. I also think I appreciate how the characters developed over the course of the book, more than I like the characters who opened the book originally. 

I especially appreciated the ending. I like how there wasn’t a definitive ending, but hope. I also like the unfinished nature of the sheriff’s story. Maybe he died; maybe he got reelected. But by not finishing his story, it’s like the narrative is taken away from him and focused on those who matter more.