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ndcpunker182's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
beansbookclub's review against another edition
4.0
hmmmmm.
i am giving this 3.5 stars in my brain, and rounding them up to 4.
i feel like, if this was published in the year of our lord 2023, it would join the ranks of books like Milkfed, Pizza Girl, and Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. it was a Weird story, capital W, but one that i very much enjoyed. i think. i'm almost positive. do you ever read books that leave you that way? with a muddled brain, trying to remember all of the little details so that you can follow the cut and looping ribbon of the story? it's a good muddling, though, i'm almost sure of it. i zoomed through this, finishing it in an easy 24 hours. it was disjointed, but came together, in the end. it was eccentric and unique and Weird.
you did it, gert.
did what?
you grew up.
i am giving this 3.5 stars in my brain, and rounding them up to 4.
i feel like, if this was published in the year of our lord 2023, it would join the ranks of books like Milkfed, Pizza Girl, and Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. it was a Weird story, capital W, but one that i very much enjoyed. i think. i'm almost positive. do you ever read books that leave you that way? with a muddled brain, trying to remember all of the little details so that you can follow the cut and looping ribbon of the story? it's a good muddling, though, i'm almost sure of it. i zoomed through this, finishing it in an easy 24 hours. it was disjointed, but came together, in the end. it was eccentric and unique and Weird.
you did it, gert.
did what?
you grew up.
amcgriff's review against another edition
4.0
There's something about the way Darling writes that is calmingly melodious. This flow is punctuated by laugh out loud moments that make it definitely worth the read.
becygee's review against another edition
4.0
This books writing was unlike something I had ever seen before and I really liked it! That being said I don’t think it’s for everyone, it’s strange at times confusing and has a heavy use of metaphor. All of which I think heighten the story of the main character and the themes. The themes of this book deal with lonely childhoods, grief, sexuality, abd maybe most importantly the idea of “growing up” and how all that effects you in childhood and follows you into adulthood.
yeahdeadslow's review against another edition
4.0
Now THIS is the type of queer literature I've been looking for! Beautiful writing that tells a melancholy and strange story. (What I imagine Edward Carey would write if he were a lesbian, perhaps? I haven't read him in a while.) That being said, I wish I'd loved it more. I don't know what it lacked to truly get under my skin (in a good way), but overall it was a read I relished and was sad to finish.
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