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An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

thelaurelwreathcrowned's review against another edition

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

2.75

serranok's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nathanielcrossinggum's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

A very good book. I wouldn't read it again but I'd definitely recommend it to people. It had all the ingredients for a book is like recipe but something didn't quite hit - or it wasn't quite the best flavour of this genre. 

chuckleszeclown's review

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2.0

This dragged a bit, it’s theoretically interesting in terms of the topics but I struggled to strongly connect to any of the characters. I suspect our book club review will be short before we move on to other books we’ve read

ohlhauc's review

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

vascogdm's review against another edition

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2.0

DNF, made it almost halfway and it just wasn't grabbing me. Totally not my style or type of story, so nothing against the writing which was good... Just not for me.

rahiho's review

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Not my style. Maybe I’ll try another time.  

emzrichy's review

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

juliee181's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

mxmiche's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5