A review by mortimer
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

challenging tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

very upsetting but engaging read. i blew through two thirds of it in one sitting and then had to put it down for like two months before i could come back to it. there's still a few very specific lines that are lingering with me almost a year down the line
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