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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.11 AVERAGE

ld01's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

chelregel's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

frany79's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Un livre très particulier par son sujet comme par son écriture mais quelle écriture !
Une dystopie qui finalement n’est pas loin de certaines réalités, l’absurdité de l’être humain, la position de pouvoir des hommes, la violence vécue par une mère qui fera tout pour sa famille, les autres avant tout, s’oubliant pour leur survie, elle passe après. Tout cela vu par les yeux, le coeur et les tripes de cette femme incroyable de résilience pour continuer à avancer dans ce monde fou ou plutôt de fous.

parallelparables's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was tense and moving, but not very engaging or beautiful.

I think Anna Burns' Milkman accomplishes more, despite being a tonally and thematically similar novel. This lends all the more reason as to why I'm genuinely confused how this novel won the Booker Prize in 2023, only 5 years after Milkman's triumphant run.