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The Idiot by Elif Batuman

irene_marchiori's review against another edition

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5.0

Oh mamma

johannaliest's review

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adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

megmoos's review

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funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Have never interacted with any media that was more "coming of age" than this.
Raw but not dark, funny but not facetious.
I will be rereading this many times I do fear.

tracy_j's review against another edition

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I tried so hard to read this and even tried the audio book since it is for a book club... But I can't, it's so fucking boring and pointless.

ccdmiller's review against another edition

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

3.5

lindsayreads_theworld's review

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emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.75

Préfèred either/ or 

ramonacc's review

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relaxing slow-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

2.5

myriame_s's review

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

cosmito's review

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funny informative reflective relaxing
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

aderobert's review against another edition

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

2.75