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adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"they looked so lovely together, like summer in two people."
gorgeous, enviable prose with the (eventual) emotional investment to back it up. if there was a book that could show you what 'style over substance' means, it would be this one, a fact that is not helped by the severin unck being a character who was clearly designed to be full of "hidden depths" but ends up as mothing more than a hollow shell. does much better with characters who feel anything other than sorry for/full of themselves; didn't actually get invested until about halfway through, but the highs make up for their slow-coming infrequency. grew very fond of the st. johns.
update (29.10.23): still thinking about how valente set up this erudite, light-hearted murder mystery only to slip in a twist like that. who gives a fuck aboutseverin's real mother i need that gay shit INJECTED
gorgeous, enviable prose with the (eventual) emotional investment to back it up. if there was a book that could show you what 'style over substance' means, it would be this one, a fact that is not helped by the severin unck being a character who was clearly designed to be full of "hidden depths" but ends up as mothing more than a hollow shell. does much better with characters who feel anything other than sorry for/full of themselves; didn't actually get invested until about halfway through, but the highs make up for their slow-coming infrequency. grew very fond of the st. johns.
update (29.10.23): still thinking about how valente set up this erudite, light-hearted murder mystery only to slip in a twist like that. who gives a fuck about