bob777 's review for:

Luster by Raven Leilani

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i feel like this book happened to me. many instances of intensely interesting word combinations (beautiful data, the drama of her own anatomy) the last third of this book kind of lacks the literary umph of the first chunk, but very good overall