A review by ande13
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

dark medium-paced
  • 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? It's complicated

3.0

I would say this book was very “middle of the road” for me. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it either. The interview-style format was good, but I found myself having to flip back to remind myself of some of the other characters being referenced. I think I would have enjoyed the book more if it were either more of an ensemble with shorter chapters that we would keep coming back to, or if we would have seen the whole story play out from start to finish from one person’s perspective, then the next, etc. it felt like a strange choice to me to end one character’s story and then pick up at that same point somewhere else. I know other books do it well, but this just felt disjointed to me.
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