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Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman

12 reviews

mzy42's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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frankieclc's review against another edition

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2.5

kinda wish I'd listened to the audiobook the whole way through cause this was difficult to read, like the idea, didn't love the execution

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quantumponies's review against another edition

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3.0

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wemilyebb's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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ella_w_h's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Slower paced that I would have liked. The last 100 pages made up for the book as it is very densely written and initially was quite a slog.

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velvet_young's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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liz4242's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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emco_0's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective 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

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annerbtw's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Ugh, I'm kinda bummed I didn't like this as much as I thought I would.
The dialogue was super enjoyable, the concept was great... but there is so much detail. TOO much detail. In between the sections of dialogue are 5-10 pages of history (sometimes), which I feel could be summed up into 2-3 paragraphs at most. It made me feel like I was rushing through the history to get to the good parts. I think Ned feels like we need to know more than we ACTUALLY do to understand what he was getting at. Either way, it was okay... I just didn't love the way it was executed. 😟

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mt_gilley's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

3.5

Funny, scalpel-sharp satire about climate change and extinction. Wonderfully bitter and righteously angry. Surprisingly tender and emotional at times, even if sometimes it doesn't quite get out of the flippant, satirical tone before switching to a more serious section.

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