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Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
2.5
dark mysterious slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It sucks that this was such a miss for me, but it never clicked. I didn't like the narrative voice at all, I never really understood the tone of the thing or the way that the characters thought or interacted with the world around them. I couldn't tell you what I was supposed to get out of this story or how it was meant to make me feel I'm mostly just spent the book feeling annoyed at how badly it was written.  Considering the hype around this book I was really hoping for more but I'm pretty disappointed.