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Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

amiboughter's review against another edition

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5.0

“I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”

halfbakedastronaut's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

sararead23's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

lenamittermaier1's review against another edition

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

4.0

hannahmve's review against another edition

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dark tense 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

3.0

phoebep14's review against another edition

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3.5

a woman’s struggle. 
i don’t know how to feel - a lot of names and that confused me quite a bit 
i want to reread already but this time in 1 day. 
i felt her pain and her lack of ambition and her everything. 
i hate men. 
but also lowkey confused 

paperbacks_and_priyam's review against another edition

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dark sad fast-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

emchuah's review against another edition

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

5.0

planetakarina's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

0.5

zreadz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0