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The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch

2 reviews

johnawickline's review against another edition

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

3.5

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davyjones's review against another edition

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

1.5

Don’t even know what to say because I did not like it. It sucked. The story barely had any footing, not even the Jeanne d'Arc "retelling" did, except for her birth place. There was so much pointlessness in half of the words, it was so unnecessarily vulgar sometimes, there was really no point to be made with the choice of words and on top of everything the very end was transphobic. Great. Well done. Round of applause.

1.5 stars because the second part looked like it was going to improve (which led me to falsely believe something good was coming up. Meep. It got worse than the first part.) plus the potential there was.

Like I guess I get it, it's a bit of a commentary on climate change, the pointlessness of war, we barely matter, love is important, we shouldn’t only and constantly look for and at leaders, etc. I get that. Sure. But it sucked anyway. There are better words for it and better stories.

And maybe, just maybe, I'm not iNteLLeCtuAL enough to see the brilliance of this book but if you can’t appeal or get through to less fortunate readers, what's your story really worth.
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