Frère d'âme: roman by David Diop

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Frère d'âme: roman

David Diop

3.82 AVERAGE

jeckehecke's review against another edition

4.0
dark reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A Sengalese ('chocolate') soldier loses his mind after his good friend dies before his eyes in the trenches of World War 1 when fighting for France. The descent into madness and the unique perspective made this a dark, sad, tragic, and yet compelling read. TW: rape 
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apostiline's review against another edition

4.5
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ericas_reads_ca's review against another edition

4.0
I found this quite a strange story. Pretty gruesome, and speaks of war, humanity, black magic and more. While a bit too dark for me, despite being quite short, the writing and emotions the book conveyed were very well done. Definitely a rich text worthy of accolades and will make you think.

missbuckets's review against another edition

3.25
challenging dark informative mysterious reflective 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

medieval_beekeeper's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shelf_self's review against another edition

3.0
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The book itself isn't bad, but the way women are used as props and story points for the main character is. 
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deena27's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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beeper's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional sad 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: Yes

habla's review against another edition

3.25
slow-paced
Another YT recommendation, I read it but did need to look up the ending as I wasn’t able to fully grasp it, mostly my doing tbh, so remember gist if the plot so that’s a positive indication 
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fridas_bokhylle's review against another edition

3.0
dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes