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gabtat's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
maditaj's review against another edition
5.0
this feels like a book i won't be able to let go of for a long time to come
victoriiiamarie's review against another edition
4.0
This one’s for the girlys that reblogged aesthetic photos of bruises and sad quotes during their formative years.
theriseoflilith's review against another edition
5.0
The subtlety of everything that happened was the best part. Slowly she becomes a part of their family, slowly she teaches them how to live, slowly she teaches them how to leave behind and they teach her how to look ahead. You would think this book is sad and depressing but it actually brings you up. It gives you reasons to live. Maybe Lucy ascher couldn’t escape the landscape of death but you can.
cam_cates's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I’ve loved The Female Persuasion and The Interestings, so I was excited to see what Wolitzer’s early work was like. This book was very different from what I expected from reading the summary. The Death Girls as a group are not explored very much and we never did get resolution to what the fuck was happening to Laura . Also, her relationship with Julian was brushed past quickly, and I wanted to see more of a bond there. Still, I was interested in Claire’s relationships with the assortment of characters around her, only wished they were developed more thoroughly. Sleepwalking is good, but it definitely lacks the intense detail and mesmerizing prose that is present in Wolitzer’s later books.
fortunesdear's review against another edition
DNF at 41% (Page 93)
*2 stars for what I did read. Just not for me.
May finish in the future but currently have no interest in doing so. I got sucked in by a gorgeous cover (1984 Avon Flare Paperback) and a great review by a favorite booktuber. I started reading it even though I usually never enjoy books when they deal with grief in a non-fantasy setting.
*2 stars for what I did read. Just not for me.
May finish in the future but currently have no interest in doing so. I got sucked in by a gorgeous cover (1984 Avon Flare Paperback) and a great review by a favorite booktuber. I started reading it even though I usually never enjoy books when they deal with grief in a non-fantasy setting.
fantasmariana's review against another edition
4.0
Si hubiera leído esta novela en mi adolescencia se habría convertido en mi personalidad entera. Tres chicas conocidas como las "dead girls" en su universidad porque se visten de negro, son taciturnas, leen a la luz de las velas y cada una de ellas está obsesionada con una autora distinta (Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton y la ficticia Lucy Asher). Esa premisa es maravillosa, la cosa es que la novela se desvía a enfocarse solamente en Claire quien está obsesionada con Lucy Asher y acaba siendo una historia de "coming of age" en la que Claire exorciza los demonios de la pérdida de su hermano al tiempo que ayuda a otros personajes a procesar el suicidio de Lucy. Wolitzer escribió esta novela con tan sólo 23 años y ahora tengo que leer más de ella porque si esta fue su novela debut no puedo esperar a descubrir su evolución como escritora.
anniii1711's review against another edition
3.0
this took a while, but I'm not mad. Loved the journey and the growth.