franciscapcneto's reviews
133 reviews

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

right, Kafka, thanks for making me feel guilty about hating insects
why don't you mind your own damn business

agora vou ter que ir ver The Fly do Cronenberg

Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Me and Ian McEwan just cannot hit it off.

You make me never want to read Atonement, Ian.

If I hadn’t been reading this for college, I would have had dnfed the shit out of this right after the first chapter. Everything in the story seemed too bland, all the characters were staler than a week-old bread and if they had all turned out to be machines, I wouldn’t have been surprised.

Granted, the last chapters were more interesting - they were more eventful, vá - which made it less painful to pick the book up. And, considering the story dragged on at a pace that made me fall asleep 4 times (FOUR!) over the week it took me to read it, the end seemed way too rushed.

Cool thing it’s over tho.

Alive and Wells by Bailey Hannah

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emotional hopeful relaxing fast-paced