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the_colourful_reader's review against another edition
On the 3rd story, I understood the concept. All the stores are about peopel with dreams that they can't achieve and partners that they can't keep. Found it repetitive and dull
madeline29's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
sarahlukee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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
3.5
jasmo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
blue_is_at_sea's review against another edition
dark
reflective
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
2.0
dongu's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
caeline's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
jaketownsend221's review against another edition
3.0
Brandon Taylor's writing makes me feel wistful and a little melancholy. His character's thoughts and anxieties are so strong that for a little while I forget my own.
Some lines from the book I loved:
- Love was more than the parts of it that were easy and pleasurable. Sometimes love was trying to understand. Love was trying to get beyond what was hard. Love, love, love.
-Perhaps what people misjudged for prodigious talent was really just unexpected competence.
-The problem was that he had all these ideas about what writing meant. And what if he wrote and it turned out that he was nothing.
-Sayaka and Cheney chattering amiably about nothing, so trivial that they might as well be speaking lorem ipsum.
-Everyone saves and scrimps just to suffer and struggle so that they can say that they lived, that they tried.
Some lines from the book I loved:
- Love was more than the parts of it that were easy and pleasurable. Sometimes love was trying to understand. Love was trying to get beyond what was hard. Love, love, love.
-Perhaps what people misjudged for prodigious talent was really just unexpected competence.
-The problem was that he had all these ideas about what writing meant. And what if he wrote and it turned out that he was nothing.
-Sayaka and Cheney chattering amiably about nothing, so trivial that they might as well be speaking lorem ipsum.
-Everyone saves and scrimps just to suffer and struggle so that they can say that they lived, that they tried.