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liliana92's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Aside from the fact that the blurb made it sound like we were gonna read about super powers, but end up reading about a bunch of unbalanced, probably mentally ill, individuals, the constant shifts in the "main points" of the book really killed it for me. I wanted more symptomer stories, less boring spy bs. I expected more.
broken_shady's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sonderteaa's review
funny
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? Yes
3.5
almondcup's review
5.0
Sometimes beautiful, sometimes melancholy, even at times terrifying, and almost always darkly humorous - the Cabinet is a fantastic, thought-provoking book not only of the stories of its Symptomers, or the life of the narrator unraveled through his encounters with the many afflicted people of Seoul, but also of the bizarre state of modern humanity.
asourtelling's review
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Gave me actual nightmares
sanrodsara's review
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
angus_mckeogh's review
2.0
Too weird to be phenomenal. The protagonist maintains Cabinet 13 which is full of weird side stories about strange people and/or occurrences. Unfortunately these do not really interconnect and there’s only a very thinly veiled background story about a group who is interested in getting ahold of the cabinet and is willing to do devious things to obtain its possession; and that was only at the very end.
aangi16's review
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
bungadinding's review against another edition
3.0
The story is very strange, the idea is actually compelling but the execution is just too meandering.
livres_de_bloss's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
An entertaining and totally “out there” book. I particularly liked the tone and writing style. What let the book down was the boring, uninteresting, and whiny narrator.