Reviews

S. by Doug Dorst, J.J. Abrams

el_wheel's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

It's a good book. It'll definitely take more sleuthing and digging around to get to the bottom of everything, especially considering how much is left unanswered but I kind of expected that going in- especially after finding extra "inserts" online. Overall, it was really fun to go through amd read everything and piece stuff together. 

emmawall's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

stigma_'s review

adventurous mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emuhly's review

5.0

i fear i am going to be annoying about this book forever. i’ve never read anything like it & doubt i ever will — the layers of the story, the annotations (with their own story), the footnotes, the codes, the inserts??? my god!! this was incredible. i cannot wait to reread

aryaxo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

incredible form, extremely enjoyable and fascinating book. did feel like the book didn't fully explore the depth of the characters with the freedom that the annotated form gave. was a huge fan of ship of theseus itself by the end. loved the ephemera. overall extremely cool and i hope more books do this

thebookmagpie's review against another edition

I might come back to this one day as it's not uninteresting but it's also not really holding my attention right now. 

maisymaze's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is made up of a central story and notes from two people in the margins. Reading it really feels like an experience and there is a mystery element trying to be solved. I also like that the main story would still be good on its own, though the shtick of this is that you’re following Eric and Jen’s story too. 

I would love more books like this, as I am a huge fan of outside of the box stories, like House of Leaves for example. 

rholzh's review

challenging mysterious slow-paced

3.5

I of course wanted to love this on principal alone but idk. I gave up on the novel part at page 200ish and just read the annotations. 🤷‍♀️ which was still fun. Anyhoo….

alipals's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

yikah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

1.0