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Sarahland by Sam Cohen

24 reviews

bowienerd_82's review

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challenging 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

2.25

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nearfutures's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No

3.25

 "Gemstones" was excellent, was a little less taken with the rest during at least one point in the story. Really strong concept for a collection.
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fynn_jls's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-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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flairofclaire's review

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challenging dark funny reflective 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

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switt713's review

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adventurous funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

reading this was good exercise for my brain. Weird in all the best ways
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tvermz's review

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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grimlo4's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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ecn's review

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dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Why did I wait so long to finally read this??? Everything about this book was so amazing. Intensely queer, wildly funny, introspective, and an insight to the world’s rigidity. I already want to reread it
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sammies_shelf's review

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dark funny reflective fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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rubycs's review

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

4.0

I am not sure what I think of this book - the descriptive prose was outstanding but the content was so bizarre often times I found myself rereading sentences and whole pages to try and wrap my head around what was going on !

My favourite stories were Sarahland, Naked Furniture and The First Sarah as they were slightly longer and more “normal”. That being said, I enjoyed reading a style I have never ventured into before, and it has inspired me to pick up more short story collections.
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