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audaciaray's review
3.0
I love Alina Bronsky's dark humor and will read anything she writes, but this one was not my fave. This is also the second book I've read in the last two months about a self-absorbed dude with an attitude problem and a face ruined from an accident.
clare_tan_wenhui's review
4.0
"A funny woman would never be alone. No matter what happened, you never had to worry about a funny woman. Someone would always want a woman like that.And as time passed the way she looked was less and less important."
pg 201-202
Indeed humour is very important in keeping us going in the face of all the nonsense life throws up at us, just like how the protagonist of the book has to deal with his deformity. And worse, on top of having the disability, one is still not spared from the demons of pride and envy. In fact, it compounds them, magnifies them, making the ordeal even more torturous. Sometimes, it is best to laugh at life, because simply it is only what is left and hasn't been taken away from us.
pg 201-202
Indeed humour is very important in keeping us going in the face of all the nonsense life throws up at us, just like how the protagonist of the book has to deal with his deformity. And worse, on top of having the disability, one is still not spared from the demons of pride and envy. In fact, it compounds them, magnifies them, making the ordeal even more torturous. Sometimes, it is best to laugh at life, because simply it is only what is left and hasn't been taken away from us.
lazygal's review
1.0
Read at your own risk: homophobia, an unlikable hero (definitely not a superhero) and such a slow build that after 100ish pages there's no reason to care about any one we've met.
DNF.
DNF.
flohbeutel's review against another edition
1.0
Mir hat das Buch nicht gefallen. Die Idee an sich war interessant. Was die Autorin daraus hat werden lassen, nicht. Nicht nur, dass immer wieder Sätze verdreht waren oder Worte gefehlt haben, die Geschichte an sich war einfach unausgegoren. Mittendrin schien es so, als wäre der Autorin die Puste ausgegangen, also hat sie ihren ganzen Plot über Bord geworfen und mit neuen Nebenfiguren und neuem Plot von vorne gestartet. Nur, um dann wieder auf den letzten Seiten zum ersten Plot zurück zu kommen und diesem ein Ende zu verpassen, das gar keinen Sinn ergibt.
Das war wirklich nichts.
Das war wirklich nichts.
rendsley's review
3.0
like another reviewer said, this rates between a 2 and a 3 for me. Not horribly written, but not a particularly engaging story either. I put it down after reading about 1/2. Maybe I'll finish someday, but I'm ready to move on to something that hooks me.
fraunilsson's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-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
3.75
whats_margaret_reading's review
3.0
Alina Bronsky is a very strong author, and so I was excited to read her new novel. It was a little too gimmicky for me, but a lot of the emotional struggles of Marek, who is horribly deformed by a dog attack before the novel begins, rang especially true. However, for someone new to the author I'd recommend [b:Broken Glass Park|7803810|Broken Glass Park|Alina Bronsky|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1362954666s/7803810.jpg|3970081] instead.
vio's review against another edition
2.0
Ok, this one was a bit of a disappointment. I struggled to finish it. I just couldn't get along with the narrative voice and I pretty much felt nothing for the characters.
Scherbenpark to be read any time soon. :)
Scherbenpark to be read any time soon. :)
alinaborger's review
2.0
I was not a fan, and I wanted to be. The author and I share a first name, the book was translated from the Germann, and the target audience appears to be YA. But not one like-able character, a bizarre Ender-and-Bean twist on the ending and zero redemption ...didn't win me over.
I stayed with it because (despite all of that) I was intrigued, and that is a clear testament to the writer's skill (or my determination to plow through my Read Harder Challenge.
Triggers: rampant homophobia and anti-trans* language/attitudes, incest/sexual assault
I stayed with it because (despite all of that) I was intrigued, and that is a clear testament to the writer's skill (or my determination to plow through my Read Harder Challenge.
Triggers: rampant homophobia and anti-trans* language/attitudes, incest/sexual assault