A review by nktabrgla
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Finished this last night! If you are looking for a plot driven book, this is NOT it. It was fairly slow and, as it's supposed to, it reads as a series of journals. It's funny because I read a review that said it was just the narrator being sad. But I feel like the majority of my own journals are working through internal conflicts or getting out negative emotions, so if anything I related to that aspect. The other thing was that for the first portion of the book the narrator keeps referring to the time right before and after her 20th birthday. And then the story carries until about her 21st. And if you placed the author in the year the book was set, she would also be that same age. I enjoyed reading a book that was narrated by someone basically my same age. All that being said, it wasn't a huge favorite of mine, which is the only reason it's not getting the full 5 stars.
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