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strrygo's Reviews (269)
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
were parts that felt like they didn't really belong or took me out of it, but made sense in the context of why the book was written. it's also rly just so hard to not enjoy this with the thought of someone younger learning to be kind alongside copper n his friends in my head the whole time. so endeared....can't wait to cry watching the movie! :3
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
medium-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
going back n forth about whether this was self-absorbed on accident or if the characters' singlemindedness was an intentional part of the commentary; super interesting n enjoyable if u accept botton's protagonist isn't a projection of any standard for love just a muddled mess which is a better canvas for the rationalization of love,smt so irrational, and inherently focused on the internal world in the context of loving,being loved(when r u ever forced out of yourself more) which was so interesting for a lot of the time and just as baffling even more of the time, rly shouldn't be rated this high but there r so many lines i loved too much to fault them for the parts i didn't!!!! sort of lost me at the end nd there was lots i disagreed with.. but i can't Make myself dislike it(for now)
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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
more game than book, i need to know how they decided when a chapter should start or end because it felt so arbitrary, how r u starting another chapter mid thought? it's the same sentence ?? otherwise Yea!!! mystery murder fun sometimes mostly fun bc its short nd quick i could not take more of these ppl!! :3 was not that hard to solve just bc it was a little heavy handed abt it's clues but that's fine too, rip amyas kind of deserved
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Sexism, Murder
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Violence
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:
Complicated
just so hit or miss, didn't feel cohesive because it's thematically consistent but does not track in its execution across the stories, would have much preferred this if the distance between man and animal was kept consistent, or at least if the changes felt like they offered something, but stories where i wanted more of the animal kept them on the periphery and stories where the life of the person the animal was being attached to felt like it should matter(because otherwise what's the point...) were just mentioned as what seemed like an afterthought, even in the stories i preferred :[ real standout was tesla and wife, i could've read that removed from the context of the collection and still enjoyed it just as much, maybe even more !!
✧ favorite: tesla and wife
✧ favorite: tesla and wife
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
can't pin it exactly but this feels unfinished, somehow, like i'm floating wayyyy above the scenes and her instead of There, think it might be that it reads too much like the journal of someone who knows others will be reading it eventually(likemy journal..to be exact...which i cannot and will not read for that reason..but this made me feel like i Was reading it)
challenging
emotional
reflective
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
what could i possibly even say
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Minor: Torture
informative
rly enjoyed 2 of the essays (chaplin was esp fun! the stand out of the book), was slightly interested in some of the stuff the others had to say just bc i'd been introduced to the ideas before in a more engaging context (class discussions) but i think not having seen a lot of the films/directors used as the basis of the analyses made this a real doozy for me. got so excited when i did though!!!! also realizing i'm not a nonfiction girl...or could b i'm approaching it wrong..but could also b me just loving a narrative and a more cohesive thread in my essay collections.....
wouldntve finished or given it the effort i did to get through it if it didn't come to me as a recommendation from someone rlly excited abt it :,)
wouldntve finished or given it the effort i did to get through it if it didn't come to me as a recommendation from someone rlly excited abt it :,)