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A review by coffeebeanbookshelf
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
(may book club pick)
quite possibly the worst book i've ever read, i do feel somewhat bad by saying this as objectively, the way it's written has some lovely, evocative prose (hence the 2 stars and not just one) but good lord this book was just not for me, i found it entirely too confusing, the pacing was way off the mark (dragging so slowly and then completely rushing through the end) and i felt like none of the characters were particularly memorable nor likeable (although i realise that they're probably not supposed to be). for me it reads like one fucked up fever dream and that is probably intentional but i just didn't enjoy it in the slightest - if this wasn't for my book club i would've dnfed it around 30 pages in no discredit to the author though, i'm just definitely not the intended audience for a book like this.
quite possibly the worst book i've ever read, i do feel somewhat bad by saying this as objectively, the way it's written has some lovely, evocative prose (hence the 2 stars and not just one) but good lord this book was just not for me, i found it entirely too confusing, the pacing was way off the mark (dragging so slowly and then completely rushing through the end) and i felt like none of the characters were particularly memorable nor likeable (although i realise that they're probably not supposed to be). for me it reads like one fucked up fever dream and that is probably intentional but i just didn't enjoy it in the slightest - if this wasn't for my book club i would've dnfed it around 30 pages in no discredit to the author though, i'm just definitely not the intended audience for a book like this.