Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

4 reviews

galexy_brain's review

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adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I am the hopeful, privileged reader, but I didn’t realize until the end. 
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katreads2022's review

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I was pretty underwhelmed by this book. On one hand, the prose is amazing and consistent with American War. And then there’s, well, everything else. The characters are nearly caricatures, none of them truly fleshed out other than the cynical smuggler and aspirational Umm Ibrahim. Both the plot and its cast lack originality and seem to regularly lapse into overdone cliché. The message is strong enough to sustain this book which ultimately fails to innovate.
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kassidypf13's review

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

4.0

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devinmzt's review

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dark emotional 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

5.0

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