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dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I think I put a little too much stock in the description for the book; I might have liked the stories better if I hadn't read the description. Most of the stories didn't quite go deep enough to convince me that there was "something sinister in suburbia." A few of them definitely did take it far enough to be creepy, but the rest just felt like a recitation of a day in the life of an unhappy or uncertain person. That's an interesting enough story, but didn't quite reach the promise of the theme for me. The writing is good and the characters well-developed, and there's a decent range present, of the everyday to things more magical/fantastical.
Content Warnings
Minor: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence
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