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Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh

jingo_mort's review against another edition

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5.0

58/130 (2019 Reading Challenge)

Classic IW. 3 Novella length SS make up this book. Have read before, it’s not one of my favourites but even on a non-favourite day’s I still love to read him. Some classic characters do make an appearance which is a nice touch. There are still some great moments, maybe the best being LLoyd’s Acid Trip.

everymanpdf's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

rafaela_rodriguez's review

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dark funny reflective 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

3.75

locaso. muy locaso. puro acid. si me gusto, fue un libro entretenido, con ciertas reflexiones, pintando vidas muy distintas y complejas y muy reales. se siente todo muy humano. también muy loco. cosas llevadas al extremo, como la segunda historia. La exploración del amor y las drogas en una muy buena. Me encantó la última historia, un bello final romántico. Me encanto el libro en general, la pase super bien leyéndolo. Lo disfruté mucho. Welsh tiene sin lugar a duda un estilo narrativo singular que expresa mucho y la escritura en los acentos correspondientes, aunque aveces difícil de entender me gusta bastante. Real Chemical romance. 
Fue un buen trip. 

mención honorifica del año.


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sophie_gray's review against another edition

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4.0

rly enjoyed this!!!! but was also rly disturbing…. and also made me feel quite nauseous and also anxious but it was good

mattatat37's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

legolibro245's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kelieff's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

weird as hell but fun

willowmurphy1's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It didn’t engage me as much as I would’ve liked

jamesjwrigley's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

3.0

Enjoyed the chemical romance plot of story 3 a little more, but stories 1&2 relied too much on 'shock factor' with little substance elsewhere to be redeemable 

hmvonk's review against another edition

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emotional 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

4.5