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A review by hannahreadss_
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
dark
emotional
sad
medium-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
3.0
i’m torn cause on the one hand, this writing is right up my alley.
it’s grotesque, squirmy and a LOT of dead animals. also a whole mess of family relationships which i always love to sink my fingers in and in this you get to pull it all apart, organs, veins, everything.
buuut it was not funny, like at all? i’m not sure if my humour is broken or everyone who said this was funny doesn’t know what funny actually is. cause this wasn’t. it was depressing, and grim, and i could Smell jessa, but it wasn’t funny.
it’s also a very middling book, mostly, i think, because the shift was too quick after 200 pages of jessa being so deeply set in her ways. don’t get me wrong, i like an unlikeable character, when they have grit and desires but jessa was like the inhale of a breath and simply holding it in, never breathing out. so immobile in her unavailability that it was hard to root for her. or really, anyone in the book except the poor mother. i wanted more of HER!!
it’s grotesque, squirmy and a LOT of dead animals. also a whole mess of family relationships which i always love to sink my fingers in and in this you get to pull it all apart, organs, veins, everything.
buuut it was not funny, like at all? i’m not sure if my humour is broken or everyone who said this was funny doesn’t know what funny actually is. cause this wasn’t. it was depressing, and grim, and i could Smell jessa, but it wasn’t funny.
it’s also a very middling book, mostly, i think, because the shift was too quick after 200 pages of jessa being so deeply set in her ways. don’t get me wrong, i like an unlikeable character, when they have grit and desires but jessa was like the inhale of a breath and simply holding it in, never breathing out. so immobile in her unavailability that it was hard to root for her. or really, anyone in the book except the poor mother. i wanted more of HER!!