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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is an intense book. I was reluctant to pick it up, but I'm so glad I did. A fascist government is taking over in Ireland. The novel starts in the every day, just a hint of what's to come, and we watch helplessly as it turns into a war zone. It is so realistically portrayed and brings the reader so much closer to understanding world events. These are things that are happening/have happened in Ukraine, Darfur, Syria. I normally don't like novels written in alternative styles--there are no paragraph breaks, no quotation marks--but here it works, adding to the chaos of the time, keeping the reader off balance. Sometimes it was hard to tell who was speaking, but given that the characters often don't know who is on which side, it fit perfectly. A difficult but eerily realistic read. I'm so glad I read it.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4 stars = i loved it!
Okay… well… I wouldn’t say it was an enjoyable book to read. It’s way too… ahhhh this is very quickly what the United States is turning into and it’s not great at being escapism right now… but it was a very well written book.
I surprisingly loved the choice to not include line breaks or quotation marks, with strategically placed run ons. It very much increased the feelings of anxiety and dread that Eilish was feeling
If you like literary fiction and could handle very dark books about refugee crises and authoritarianism, then I highly recommend, but also… go read a romantasy instead
Also… unrelated…god i disliked Eilish for most of the book, mostly for the ways she treated Molly. Bailey was by far my favorite character. Poor baby boy.
Okay… well… I wouldn’t say it was an enjoyable book to read. It’s way too… ahhhh this is very quickly what the United States is turning into and it’s not great at being escapism right now… but it was a very well written book.
I surprisingly loved the choice to not include line breaks or quotation marks, with strategically placed run ons. It very much increased the feelings of anxiety and dread that Eilish was feeling
If you like literary fiction and could handle very dark books about refugee crises and authoritarianism, then I highly recommend, but also… go read a romantasy instead
Also… unrelated…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
It’s offscreen, but you do see a corpse
This book is classified as dystopian, but I don't think it is. This book was very disturbing to me because it seemed all to possible in these days of American fascism. I stopped it and picked it up again several times, but it is worth finishing.