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Rooms by Lauren Oliver

5 reviews

tm400's review against another edition

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

4.0

i enjoyed this book much more than i expected to! this is at its core a ghost story, but it also is a story about family relationships and secrets. i liked how the ghost pov chapters were written in first person while the living human chapters were written in third person. it really sent home the concept of the ghosts being the house & i appreciated that a lot! i love how emotional this book is, and (also controversially) i love when characters are just bad /or weird people & don’t have a redemption arc - and this book had that for me
i’m giving this book 4/5 stars ! really enjoyed this & recommend to those who like similar books !
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bookbug26's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Unbelievable.
So many twists and turns, I'm genuinely speechless. 

Check the warnings please, other than that, what a strong story. 
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bookcaptivated's review against another edition

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

3.25

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kristasorocks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.25

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ninaevan's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I’m having a hard time giving this one a 3.75 bc usually the books I put in that category are weakly written or sorta “fluffy” but I enjoyed them so I give them more than 3.5, just not quite 4. In this case. The writing was fairly sophisticated and enjoyable, but the plot was just too lacking to give it a 4.
At 200(of 300) pages I was still waiting for something to happen with these characters that had been so developed. A few things happened but nothing like the bang I was expecting (or hoping for). I often enjoy character-over-plot type books but the characters in this book didn’t engage me enough to carry the story. There was no one I particularly cared for or rooted for or even hated enough.
Also, for a ghost story, the ghosts really didn’t contribute much. They were semi involved with one of the characters but I would have liked to see more from them. The whole ghost aspect just didn’t contribute much to the story despite being a selling plot point of the book.

For a further discussion of my thoughts, check out the next episode of my podcast: Books without Borders. https://anchor.fm/books-wo-borders

My scoring: 
5.00 | = everyone in the world must read this book 
4.75 | = between 4.5 and 5
4.50 | = dessert island book
4.25 | = between 4 and 4.5
4.00 | = great, solid, recommendable book
3.75 | = almost a 4, but not quite 
3.50 | = not a 4, but I had a good time
3.25 | = rough patches, but not bad
3.00 | = meh, read-able but nothing to write home about
2.75 | = between a 2.5 and 3
2.50 | = there’s something I liked here but it wasn’t enough to be good 
2.25 | = between a 2 and 2.5
2.00 | = not good and there was nothing I liked 
1.00 | = bad
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