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Glitterland by Alexis Hall

36 reviews

0_o_0_'s review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

1.5

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chaos_carrie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Glitterland is a painfully relatable story of the struggles with mental health and relationships. Ash is content in his isolation, only venturing out when he needs to for book releases and events, but his relentless friends didn’t get that memo… Suddenly he finds himself enamored with a glitter pirate and navigating dynamics of both friendship and romance that he was sure he was just fine ignoring. The audiobook is absolutely stunning, capturing two drastically different personalities seamlessly.

While this is a gorgeous queer love story, I will note the disordered eating and focus on physical attributes was a bit of a struggle for me.

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fromundertheashtree's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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4.0

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howdydoo22's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense medium-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

4.0

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charliewarliee's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A nice, well written book with a romance that starts out happy, then goes sad, and then becomes happy at the end. My main complaints are how the book deals with sensitive topics like depression and anxiety, mentioning them in places where they didn’t contribute anything to the story. It feels like they were randomly put there. Another annoyance is the dialogue, which feels incredibly forced in most places. There is also a sex scene in literally every chapter. Overall, a fun read that did make me laugh a bit, even with some quite big flaws.

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