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tinyegg's Reviews (29)

The Story of the Lost Child

Elena Ferrante

4.5

emotional 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: Yes

Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Elena Ferrante

4.0

The Story of a New Name

Elena Ferrante

5.0

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

Bunny

Mona Awad

3.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Happy Stories, Mostly

Norman Erikson Pasaribu

4.0

reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wip :o)

My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante

4.25

emotional 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: Yes

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

4.0

emotional reflective sad 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: No

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.5

dark 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

i thought this book started out really well but somewhere in the middle i no longer felt particularly excited about picking it up to read. every character in this book is kind of a horrible person, but moshfegh does a pretty good job of humanizing them. they have their own problems and sometimes you feel sympathetic towards their struggles. i'm glad the main character was interesting enough to carry the entire book given that this doesn't really have a plot. a pretty decent read, but not the craziest page-turner. overall, i was pretty content with what i had read.

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