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Chlorine by Jade Song

54 reviews

kayhexe's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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samburkhouse's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The writing just didn’t make sense to me. 90% of this book is dark and serious and clearly written for an adult audience, but then there’s bits tossed in that feel like they belong in a YA book. The relationships aren’t fully developed in a way that makes sense for anything that ended up happening. The main character’s behaviors and actions throughout the book really didn’t make a lot of sense to me, but maybe I just didn’t understand her.

I do appreciate the fact that this is something totally different than anything I’ve ever read. I can also acknowledge that there are a lot of important themes in this book. I just didn’t like how it was presented, very off-putting to me but I’m certain lots of others will like it.

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srosa037's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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pryingblackbird's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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kearneth's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was a breathtaking story on the struggles of chronic mental health and girlhood, and how we can lose who we were and those we loved, without them ever really leaving. As someone who has had depression for a while, this book touched me deeply, I related to Ren and Cathy in both ways and I am proud of and those I am not. This was grotesque and raw, and the perfect meditation on the horrors of girlhood, mental health and finding who we are, and who we need to be.

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y0sh1's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

the perfect book for someone like me: who grew up reading books about mermaids and wanting to be one, and who turned into someone who reads books about complicated female main characters. so lovely.

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