I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

3.98 AVERAGE

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jamieness's review against another edition

5.0
Unhinged. In the best possible way, this book is just, unhinged. Every time you get comfortable in the storytelling style, something comes around a corner or drops from the sky and makes you question everything you are reading and thinking. Reading this is an adventure that makes you think about your own voices and what the real world is to you. 

shelbyq07's review

3.75
funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

meghan506's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous funny mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

limpbizmyth's review

5.0
honestly i really needed the reality check that this book provided in terms of my habit of catastrophizing everything

athompson09's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny reflective

trufflenerd's review

4.25
funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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windmillofwords's review

5.0
adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I love that on the surface this was just a casual story, but there were so many conversations and themes with deep meaning. So much for a book club to discuss.
A few snippets I highlighted:
"people are going to preserve that version of you, from the part of your life when they felt the most superior to you."

"...once they settled on a truth, everything else could be reframed to fit."
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stephprice's review

3.0
funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
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csm526's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

prumble86's review

4.0
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes