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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

juliekreddy's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

j_kanaka's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

taurusreadds's review against another edition

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3.0

I wish to never read anything like this again.

saichitta's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

rachel_matts's review against another edition

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Had nothing to do with the book itself, just didn’t have time to finish it

ellaaa3's review against another edition

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

5.0

ameliayawen's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

notesmadeunique's review against another edition

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dark slow-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

1.0

ashergeorge's review against another edition

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

4.25

ipb1's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5* I feel oddly schizophrenic about this - some wonderful writing, vivid portraits, and... just bloody well get on with it... For a relatively short book it felt overlong, and I just struggled to care about any one of the characters.