Reviews

God Forgets about the Poor by Peter Polites

alagf's review

3.5

Loved the story of his mother. Kind of lost it at the end a bit for me

kikicee's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

popcornqueen's review

Just couldn't get into it - I usually love migrant Australian stories but this didn't strike my fancy.

julziez's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.5

hinkle's review

slow-paced

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

3.5

First and last parts of this book are five stars, but the middle is slow and nowhere near as good unfortunately. 

amydotreads's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

5.0

softandcrunchy's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

My first book by Polites and the thing that struck me was that, for someone who is an emerging writer, he is an accomplished storyteller. 

annawalsh's review

challenging sad slow-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

3.0

hanakow's review

dark emotional reflective sad

4.0

bozakrowka's review

dark reflective 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

5.0