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Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

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perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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ursulathebumblebee's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my favorite books. It deals with so many big topics like

miscarriage

and finding your place in the world, but through a very grounded lens. Tess just has to keep walking each day, and she runs into so many unique and interesting people and places. This book might make you cry or laugh, and it’s so worth it.

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rjweck's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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peytiebear's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really like Rachel Hartman's world-building, character creations, and overall storytelling prowess, but man...this book started off what I can only call grim and bleak. Now, I was listening to the audiobook, so that might have been part of the problem. Maybe reading it oneself is a better experience. But I really had to force myself to keep reading, and the only reason I did is because I really hate not finishing books.

That being said, it is a very good book. It's just really frustrating at first because the protagonist is so lost in toxic and chaotic behavior that it's painful to read and you can't really connect with her until much later in the book, because you have no idea at first why she's acting the way she is or why you should like her. Maybe that's part of why the book is structured that way, to make you examine your own first impressions later...again, it's really well done, I just found it hard to get through the first half that had such a dark, jaded, angry, cynical worldview.

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