Reviews

*I received a free ARC of The Life and Death of Sophie Stark in exchange of an honest and unbiased review*

Quite strange and different story, narrated from various characters' point of view - but still all circling around Sophie Stark and her strangeness as a person and film maker.

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rachaelthegiraffe's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

georgina_bawden's review against another edition

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5.0

This book is the book I wanted Visit from the Goon Squad to be. Bloody fantastic.

jennaoregan's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I just like this book. It’s like a eulogy in the form of multiple perspectives coming together to explain a person

tushhh's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.25

I feel weirdly about this book. I'm still deciding whether I like it or not, but based on my star rating, I didn't like it too much. Sophie was hard to understand (I think that was the point) and overall it was a bit dark. Reading a book with featured articles and from the perspective of close one's only is pretty new for me, so I enjoyed that but I think cause it was all kinda dark (but not necessarily in the enjoyable sense), I didn't get to enjoy this style of story-telling as much.

There just wasn't a lot of joy and it made it difficult to read at points. Again, If this is what the author was trying to do, fab job I guess! But wasn't 100% my cuppa tea.

akristen80's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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