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Death Valley by Melissa Broder

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emily_stimmel's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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madalynn_owens's review against another edition

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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

I don’t really enjoy hours of bumbling around with unfiltered observations and occasional pity parties about how hard it is for others to be in pain and you’re terribly self absorbed

shikwe's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

ratcousin's review

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3.75

I wish it had gone weirder!

mmmm maybe i wasn’t in the mood for something like this rn but not my fave, definitely enjoyed milkfed more. really liked the first ~half but not so much the rest, somewhere between 2.5-3 stars. perhaps i just lack empathy or compassion or whichever one you have to identify in order to care….