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A review by killerpancake
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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
4.5
This was charged with so much fear and anxiety it was hard to read and hard to not read. Mathis is so incredible with characters and it made it so hard to watch people you were rooting for make terrible decisions over and over again.
I could write forever about Ava and her lack of self-preservation. Her story is so hard to wrap my head around and yet it’s also unique and well executed.
The ending went where I thought it might but felt really abrupt. The closure didn’t really explain everything that I was curious about. It just felt rushed I guess.
This is very different from her first book but I’m really glad I stuck with this to its tragic and conflicting end.
I could write forever about Ava and her lack of self-preservation. Her story is so hard to wrap my head around and yet it’s also unique and well executed.
The ending went where I thought it might but felt really abrupt. The closure didn’t really explain everything that I was curious about. It just felt rushed I guess.
This is very different from her first book but I’m really glad I stuck with this to its tragic and conflicting end.