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We Are Not Like Them, by Christine Pride, Jo Piazza

22 reviews

minty_3's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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nelsvy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

I almost gave up on this book at first. I personally found it really slow in getting started and I felt like I wasn't going to enjoy it. However, as the story progressed I found myself getting more and more invested in the plot, the characters and the story as a whole. As I approached the end I could barely bring myself to put the book down to go to bed.
This book did a great job at highlighting character flaws and yet never alienating the reader. Overall a great read.

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catreadbook's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked this book, heavy and tough read but liked the focus of women’s friendships. The authors overall dealt well with difficult topics of policy brutally, BLM, and class issues. Not a lighthearted read, but an important one. Not sure if I loved the ending.

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hancaavdic's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

This is such a disappointment. I was truly so excited and interested in the novel—it has an amazing premise, so with that I thought the literary quality would’ve been just as exceptional, but it was anything but.

The writing is incredibly flat and dense, and usually I like my books dense but with drive and promise, but with this book it was unbearable. It got to the point where it felt like the reader was constantly being taken out of the flow of the story with unnecessary detail and fluff, only to carry on again. And then it would happen once again; one-two steps forward, constant one step back. Maybe it’s the dual writing that made it feel this way? I’m not sure, all I know is that something just wasn’t hitting the spot.

While the center of the story is heart wrenching and completely inhumane, and one would think that you would be able to feel for the characters, or at least for the situation, however it contrasts with the fact that there really is no emotion from the characters… which is weird and yet again, disappointing. It’s more so telling the emotions, than showing them, and that really bothers me. It makes the characters flat/two dimensional, and leaves little room for improvement and growth. When I read a book I want to be able to relate to the characters in one way or another, even in the slightest, smallest of ways. But I honestly didn’t feel anything for any of them, not even Riley nor Jen/Jenny.

I ended up skimming through the rest of the book when I finally got around to 150/200 pages, and honestly I didn’t see a shift or change of any kind within the story.

The two most important things to me as a reader and lover of books is the literary quality (writing) and characterization, and for me this book didn’t have either of those. It fell through.

I’m just disappointed. This had so much potential.

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