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mirandyli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
greywolfheir's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry
thesvnthsense's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
sunn_bleach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Yet, as with some other mixed opinion reads this year, I still liked it. The ultimate "fuck you" to God at the end and mordant tendency toward fatalism is incredible. I had a friend who in his early 20s called himself a "Bokononist", and I see why.
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, and Racism
sumnerbrook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Racism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, and War
abmochapman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Colonisation
sreddous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Kurt Vonnegut's "deadpan" sense of humor is so efficient for the really difficult and dark topics he writes about. I loved it in Galapagos, and I love it here -- I'm able to really absorb the genuinely beautiful prose and quotations and dialogue because I sort of do feel like I'm reading 'a religious text.' There's a strange balance of spiritual lightness with very dark and pessimistic outlooks that doesn't feel tonally-dissonant.
The plot was hard to predict, and I actually got anxious (in a good way!) once the 'final event' started happening. It's so well-paced the way that things fall one after the other, and you KNOW what's about to happen next. Great suspense, great buildup!
Moderate: Animal death and Racism
wemilyebb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Racism
jordan_noel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent
Minor: Gore, Racism, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation
nnmrir's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal death and Racism