Reviews

An Olive Grove in Ends by Moses McKenzie

beccajdb's review

Everyone is amazed by the talent of this 23-year-old writer (according to the praise on the covers). I’m sure he will be a great writer, but this is a terrible mishmash of street slang and learnt lyrical prose - things are always ‘upon’ not ‘on’, ‘atop’, ‘ for’ not ‘ because’.  Too much pretentious trying to sound like a writer made it unreadable for me. 

kate_in_a_book's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Violence

charmaine_kambabazi's review

dark tense

5.0

sharna's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

jotheblackbookworm's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

millylewis's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

3.25

andream0885's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ratherberead's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

emilycharlotte14's review

dark hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.25

chandleradame's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0