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Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin

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nhewitt99's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.0

One of my favorites this year. You never really stop being a teenager, even at thirty-six pretending to be a cowherd. Sardonic and surreal and self-pitying and goofy, at times. Everything heavy turns laughable when someone else looks at it, then turns into a high-brow reference that makes the narrator feel good about herself and makes you feel good about yourself for catching it before making you feel bad about yourself for being just as pretentious as everyone in this book. I loved every page of it.

banhmibabie's review

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4.0

funny (funny haha AND funny weird) & wonderful & v odd !!!

glelchuk's review

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funny reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

myareads41's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

god i really loved this book. i feel like a lot of it was very intelligent and referential and so some of it didn't sink in enough for me to truly appreciate it but i'm absolutely going to read it again in the future :)

holoscenes's review

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challenging funny lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

ahoran's review

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

vwojtowicz's review

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I enjoyed the writing, but the story was a bit too far into the surreal for me. I suspect this is merely a case of picking up a potentially good book, but at the wrong time.