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Chlorine by Jade Song

47 reviews

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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haley_mil_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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woolerys's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Writing - 4/5

Plot - 4/5

Characters - 4/5

Haunting - 5/5

Personal tastes - 2/5

TOTAL: 3.8

Full points for a hauntingly ambiguous ending! But it was a little hard to like this book because it was mostly sad, in a true-to-life way.

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virgoreadss's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

wow. i did not expect that. i went into this not knowing much and i think that is the best way to go into it but definitely check the trigger warnings. chlorine is a dark coming of age novel about the horrors of girlhood, being a competitive swimmer with the pressures of being an athlete and the desire to become who you are truly are. it was hard to read at times but i couldn’t put the book down. it’s weird, alluring, surreal and very queer. i don’t think this is for everyone though but a great debut novel.

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unhingedbookbitch's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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pookiee's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

3.25

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culpeppper's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Overall, I really loved this book. I listened to the book, and the two readers they chose for Ren and Cathy's chapters suited the story really well. The story was hard to listen to, at times, with this looming threat of others preying on Ren's psyche that became reality. But I was hooked. Though Ren was definitely a sharp and guarded character, her narration of her life made me ache for her, making the ending of the story so cathartic. The main criticism I have was the pacing felt off at some points, and while it never dragged there were some drawn out parts. But, mostly, I really liked Chlorine.

Edit: bumping this up to 5 stars, it's been weeks and I can't stop thinking about this book.......

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