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gjs8799's review

2.0

I sped this one up and skipped a bunch in the middle. Maybe not fair. I think I'm in a slump with fiction. But this was also a lot of commentary about society and the mental health crisis and social media influencers and...I'm just too old to care.
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meg_ivey's review

5.0
adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ironically (or perhaps unironically) this book was the only thing that could get me to stop doom scrolling on Instagram.

A bit disappointed in this one. I've enjoyed the author's other series so I was expecting to enjoy this one. Not so much. Didn't really enjoy any of the characters or the story. The story went off on tangents that i just didn't care about to. It was ok, could've been better and could've been worse.
challenging slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted to like this book but the MC is just too unlikable. MC is an incel and goes on multiple angry incel rants at the woman he's got stuck in a car with him for the majority of the book. She tries to gently play therapist and challenge him on his views (because of course it's a woman's job to fix men's flaws) but he doesn't really get any clear redemption. Kept reading to find out what was in the box but it wasn't worth it in the end.
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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: Yes

omkarkuber1's review

3.75
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes