polyphonic_reads's review against another edition
There's only so much manic pixie dream girl who ran away with a circus I can take in my life.
fruitonthemind's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
hmchester's review
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
dryriver's review
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
After reading Sea of Tranquility and Station Eleven, I was quite excited for another book by Emily St. John Mandel. However, I had to apply effort to finish this. The characters were semi complex and the plot had many moving parts, but I found many of the elements to be tiresome. Lilia is very much a manic pixie dream girl, Eli is a bit hopeless, Christopher is weirdly and wildly obsessive… a lot of things just didn’t add up or make sense. The characters’ choices often left me frustrated and wondering why something was mentioned.
need_to_read's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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? Yes
3.0
bowheath12's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This book was very nearly perfect. I loved the character of michaela and lelia aswell as Simon. I loved her dad until the accident happened. However the one bit that knocked the score down is how stupid eli was, I cannot get over that.
jackaree's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
annelvogel's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5