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A book with a feverish pace and a structure as scattered and bewildering as the narration. Desolate, debauched, and near hopeless, a book in which nothing is truly important, and the most important thing of all is nothing.

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5.0

Superb, gut-wrenching, sad, oh so sad! This book is about mental illness, fame (or lack of), notoriety... in better words, it was a quiet entrance to the darkest parts of human misery. I always meant to find out about Didion and I'm so glad I did. She writes so magnificently with zero tolerance for false realities. Straightforward, gripping, beautiful prose.

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5.0

i’ve never had an emotional response to a book the way i did this one.

sarcasmandscifi's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

gegao97's review against another edition

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5.0

Maybe Didion is just Plath for your twenties, with that same glamorous malaise— trading luscious, branching fig trees for driving too fast down desert freeways.

tommie_tomato'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? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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