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Glitterland

Alexis Hall

3.94 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Enjoyed the writing, but the love interest lacks depth, flaws, and complexity. Expected more tragedy.
emotional funny fast-paced
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A lovely romance.
Not too light, since the book does deal with very heavy topics, but it manages the tightrope walk between staying respectful of the issues while still maintaining a certain levity that keeps it from tipping into depressing. 
challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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

The ending was the best part, but even then, I found all these characters hard to enjoy. 
Ash to me seemed like he was using his mental illness as a crutch to be an asshole, rather than admitting he was an asshole first. 
Darian felt too naive through out the whole thing, I couldn’t take him seriously even during the serious parts. 
Nile was just a fucking ass. 
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did surprisingly enjoy this book but I would say it's not the best thing I've ever read, the writing sometimes felt hard to get through for me. Some lines actually made me want to DNF on the spot, but I pulled through because I found the characters to be entertaining enough. I wouldn't highly recommend this book to anyone, but if someone were to ask me if they should read it, I'd say give it a shot and see if its your cup of tea or not. Overall, very character-driven with little to no plot, some parts of this book were very frustrating but overall it gave me an ending I was satisfied enough with so I'm giving it this rating. There are trigger warnings at included in the book so do make sure to read those before getting into it if you are sensitive to any of them! 
dark emotional funny tense fast-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
emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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readwithjoce's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 45%

DNF @ 45% - unfortunately I was not invested in these characters, it was super slow I found and just lost interest. 

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a free advanced copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. 
dark emotional medium-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