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Chlorine by Jade Song

218 reviews

nad_books623's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow I didn’t know what to expect from this book but it was great.
I feel like Ren turning into a mermaid is also an example of being in psychosis.
The writing was brilliant and it felt like I could understand the pain she was feeling.
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brookefey's review against another edition

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

4.0

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hxdfn's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Favorite read of the year. So so great.
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spadefootfrog's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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hsimms514's review against another edition

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

3.25

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emjbarnes's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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ketsueki_randi's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

 This book is so fucked up in a good way. There were so many times where I assumed the story would take a darker turn, like how it felt like her coach was grooming her or Cathy pulling a whole yandere move with Ren and just kidnapping her and keeping her in a tank in her basement; but I think letting the horror stay focused on Ren being so sure about her being a mermaid and sticking to body horror. Considering the only thing that can be a possible reason for Ren thinking she’s a mermaid could be her getting a concussion and not letting it heal properly; and not attributed to something like a trauma response. I’m not sure whether it’s body horror in general that gives me the heebie-jeebies, or whether Jade Song just does body horror right and made my skin crawl; but oh my god did this make me feel sick in the best way 
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bookforestsprite's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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q_bert13's review against another edition

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

3.25

I had only heard great things about this book- and I leave it with mixed feelings. I heavily enjoyed Jade Song’s writing style (writing from future POV/easily transitioning between different character’s POV), and look forward to their future works- but overall, I don’t see myself coming back to this story. It has much to appreciate, much to dislike- but overall, it’s a very unique work, carving its own vein of styled horror. 
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yessicaishere's review against another edition

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

4.75

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