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A review by quailtea
There There by Tommy Orange
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
wanted to like it, but had a hard time keeping track of the characters, especially with some similar events in their lives (which i didn't think were necessarily supposed to be the same
events from different perspectives), and was just bummed out about the main event the whole book was angling towards in a way that turned me off to it, just wanted it to be over at the end.
events from different perspectives), and was just bummed out about the main event the whole book was angling towards in a way that turned me off to it, just wanted it to be over at the end.
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Child death, and Death of parent