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splitdice's Reviews (151)
funny
tense
fast-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
really enjoyed: malibu, the weirdos, no place for good people, slumming, nothing ever happens here, the surrogate, and a better place
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
the ones who walk away from omelas but as a novel about how racism systematically will fail everyone. no wonder people keep trying to ban it :/
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i just wish the interesting facts about space were more obsecure
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
needed more lesbians
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i think if you read this book as sort of an equivalent to how humbert humbert (replacing with florentino) narrated lolita there is a lot to gain from this... all i can say is fuck men though
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was such a well researched, historical novel with so much love and detail put into it. i almost cried at multiple parts :( its a lesbian story about finding love, losing love, and choosing to forgive
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
not as addictive as the silent patient but I found this plot more plausible than SP. wish there was more dark academia and more of The Maidens :(
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i feel like i maybe didnt read this book at the right time in my life- i might have to be a bit older. i think there is probably a lot of rereadability here. there are so many people i think this book can click with more than i did at this point in my life right now.
that being said i really appreciated quite a realistic depiction of a mental illness and how it made the main character pretty unlikable for most of the book. the writing was a little too millennial coded for me to fully enjoy on its own. i also think things wrap up way too nicely in the end but there is still some realism there.
that being said i really appreciated quite a realistic depiction of a mental illness and how it made the main character pretty unlikable for most of the book. the writing was a little too millennial coded for me to fully enjoy on its own. i also think things wrap up way too nicely in the end but there is still some realism there.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i did not click with this book at all... while i usually love books where nothing really happens, i felt like this book was so much of a slog. i think its due to not really connecting with one of the main perspectives, akash... at no point in the story did i actually want to root for him, and it felt like characters in the story were constantly doing his emotional growth for him. his chapters also had a very close link with RnB which I am not really familiar with.
renu, on the other hand, had a lot of interesting perspectives on the world around her. while i feel like her stakes were much more due to being in her own head than akash's, i cared a lot more about her storyline.
the pacing and character resolutions in this story were also very odd. i think the author tried to do way too much at once and i lost interest pretty easily... the style of writing was also not that appealing, which i feel like needs to be the star in this kind of book. it was also painfully predictable. that being said i did really enjoyed the 2nd person pov.
renu, on the other hand, had a lot of interesting perspectives on the world around her. while i feel like her stakes were much more due to being in her own head than akash's, i cared a lot more about her storyline.
the pacing and character resolutions in this story were also very odd. i think the author tried to do way too much at once and i lost interest pretty easily... the style of writing was also not that appealing, which i feel like needs to be the star in this kind of book. it was also painfully predictable. that being said i did really enjoyed the 2nd person pov.