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Open City by Teju Cole

2 reviews

curses's review

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

4.0

beautifully written meandering book with not much central narrative thrust but a lot of lovely observation and memory as filtered through a guy who’s kind of a jag. there’s a moment where the narrator and others are talking about how americans as a culture are now unaccustomed to dealing with death on a massive scale, say due to pandemics, compared to the 19th century. thought that was funny to read. 

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tina94's review

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challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

I hated this book.

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