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The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman

7 reviews

bohboh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Wild

Buehlman did a great job keeping me guessing through the whole read. He kept teetering the line between a punk and wholesome protagonist. Themes of abuse and racism appeared and were handled brutishly but obviously as intended, which left me uncomfortable. The writing style(s) were super well executed.

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catsy2022's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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epsyphus's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I'm having a hard time organizing my thoughts on this book. It was scary, not like can't-sleep-with-the-lights-off-for-a-couple-nights, but more like do-we-ever-really-know-anybody?? sort of thing. Even knowing before hand that the narrator was unreliable, I still found myself surprised and horrified at the end. The narrator used a lot of derogatory language commonly used in the 1970s which bugged me, but I did enjoy the book. The characters were interesting.

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perkyanda's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-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

5.0

Well I loved this. Joey peacock is just awful but like, this perpetual fourteen year old jerk faced self absorbed but not evil nitwit. Like, I feel like everyone has known someone who you’re just like… you’re SO CLOSE to being an enlightened human being AND YET you’re just a self absorbed delusional little jerk.

The ending was so fucking

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sad. Just fucking wrecked me. Cvetko. Nooooo! You were never real!!!

Anyone this book is about a bunch of morally dark grey monsters with ethics of self-preservation and I liked it. My book club didn’t but hey, I’m the odd one out this time.

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e_asw_97's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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expertbooksmuggler's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

And a happy family was going home, only the children weren’t children, and Daddy had dying to do.

I am sitting in front of the screen, slightly in awe because this book was simultaneously AMAZING and INFURIATING! That ending just about did me in. I could feel my heart dropping into my stomach as I kept reading.

There are so many things I could say in regards to praise for this book, but they are all just a liiiitttle dampened by the end. The narrator did <b>WARN ME</b> that they were unreliable, but <b>STILL</b> my HEART. Don’t fall in love with any of these characters because

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absolutely nothing is what it seems.

Seriously- throughout the book I just couldn’t get over these characters, their interactions with one another… I mean hell, I called Cvetka a cinnamon roll.

“Have you been watching television?”
“No,” I lied. “Why?”
“Because you are exhibiting signs of mental atrophy.”

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niyou's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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