847 reviews for:

The Antidote

Karen Russell

4.14 AVERAGE

kendallroyswife's review

4.0

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Ending felt too much like a pretty bow. 
Prose here is beautiful. Also love how she tackles settlers and colonialism, as well as violence against women and motherhood. 

magmincey's review

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nicolelund's review

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

zesmerelda's review

3.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is some weird dust bowl historical fantasy where "prairie witches" hold uncomfortable memories for others. There's a murder mystery, dust storm, lost children/mother, girl's basketball, photography, etc. Okay. Got a little preachy for my taste. 

shanntastic's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

faithelaine's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rissaroo_reads's review

4.5

challenging emotional informative 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

jenwinnell's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

smobrien's review

2.25

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

erin04's review

3.0

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I struggle with this book. It was beautifully written with some great quotes but the overall story did not have me engaged.