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random19379's review
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, Racism, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs
isobel_laura's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism
asililydying's review
what's that, you're reading an interesting text that plays a game of meta and postmodernism? don't you want some sexism and sexual assault? every book written by a man has to have these!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
meganpbell's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This modern classic is a postmodern puzzle following “you,” the Reader (obviously a dude) and the Other Reader (an attractive woman) on a quest to find a full story, each time finding a book incomplete or misprinted, and thus over and over getting hooked by a series of incipits (openings of texts). A kaleidoscopic examination of reading and writing and storytelling ensues—and a book I found clever, amusing, challenging, a little boring, and frustrating (1970s gender & sexuality 🙄) at times.
Content Warnings
Minor: Stalking, Incest, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
jakobvongunten's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexism, Incest, and Racism
trsnell's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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
1.0
The first half was fun and I was on board, but by the second half it was tiresome and self indulgent at best, with a weird fixation on characters sexually assaulting women.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexism
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