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My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi

ryttu3k's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

soubhi's review against another edition

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

3.0

ofliterarynature's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Second time reading this. Still confusing, but i feel like I'm JUST on this side of grasping everything (that’s a lie, I know nothing). I love it, I hate it, everyone please read this book. 

cjm1701's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

transfish's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i have no idea what to make of this book but i think everyone should read it

psalva's review against another edition

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4.5

A genre-defying novel full of memorably surreal occurrences. It was a wild reading experience, with moments of terror and laugh-out-loud funny satire that made our own reality scarier and more stark, but not entirely hopeless. In the end, I’m not sure what else to say beyond praising its existence.

eggplantia5's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a wild book to read. It took me a long time to get through it because I could only read a few pages at a time.  I am going to be thinking about this one for awhile.

sarahjsnider's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked this as a weird read, and I believe the author did what they set out to do. A few elements didn’t quite work for me, and I think a bit more structure would have made me more at ease (and that would probably go against the author’s intent). 

cami19's review against another edition

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It just lost me.

lyloster's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

2.5

This book is best summed up by a passage within it

On July 23, the white trans writer sent the finished draft of the book to their thesis advisor, and on August 2, the white trans writer got an email from her that said that she didn't think the book worked. There was too much going on [...]

There were too many storylines, each of them not explored enough, too many timelines to make for a cohesive narrative