Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - Mrs Caliban

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leilah_m's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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chainsawheartbooks's review

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emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

2.5

I’m honestly not even sure what to say.

Was this a good insight into certain gender roles and the thoughts people have when their lives become almost stagnant? Yes.

Did I enjoy it? Not really.

The first half was much better than the latter, which felt more like I was just witnessing the protagonist wander between places, and I think there’s certainly an audience for this book, I just don’t think I fall into it.

I will say, however, that it was well written; Ingalls knew how to craft a character while letting the plot follow the person, as opposed to the other way around.

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frostyjflakes's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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mal_hawthorne's review

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emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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thelittlebookie's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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carmina_r's review

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mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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vexatiousbird's review against another edition

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funny sad 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? No

3.0

It has a kind of understated charm - interesting to take a monster and deposit him into the most mundane domestic setting.
But it can also be a bit tedious reading through those mundane parts. It is also so understated that sometimes things don’t make a lot of sense, like why a housewife and a creature who walked into her house one day are suddenly making love without more than the tiniest hint of sexual tension leading up to it. There is also no detail at all for it, even any mention of how she feels about getting physical with a sea creature or cheating on her husband, it just says they make love and that’s that, moving on without comment.

It suddenly gets very exciting near the end, and then it’s just sad and a little confusing. Up til then it was very slow and I probably would have dropped it if it wasn’t so short.

I can sense some layers of meaning here that I don’t fully grasp, but I’m not intrigued enough to dig further into it.

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