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L'écume des jours by Boris Vian

arim_'s review against another edition

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dark funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

maezanka's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

camdens's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It's impressive how strange and ridiculous and funny this novel can be while still being very sad and moving at times.

azure_dawn's review against another edition

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3.0

The first part of the story is incredibly boring, second part is really, really good. Not SUPER good, but just good enough to get this story to 3.5/5 for me. The nonsensical humor was getting on my nerves, but sometimes was a good tool for powerful imagery. Charactes are mostly flat and boring, but authour managed to make me care about them -a little-, due to how drasticaly their lives go downhill.

solsina206's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

No.

vittoriav's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

The worst book we’ve read this year 😻😻😻 (tho we’re reading catcher in the rye next so)
Tedious. Wild. Really fucking confusing?? 
Like I don’t get what this book offers of more except for the pianocktail bffr 
The way that Alise girlbossed her way to the top and yet her man died. And so did she. And then her bestie. So really the murder of some slay librarians getting that bag were unnecessary

bridgeyy's review against another edition

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3.0

alise is such a girlboss 

math1322's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.5

berryphant's review against another edition

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It was too grotesque for me, didn't like it at all

kay_river's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad

5.0