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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
A really good story about the effects of war on civilians, and how the regime of terror affects the average person. I found it hard to read tbh but the actual book was really good.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a good book but it at this point in time, the reality of our world seems just as bad, if not worse. The writing style is interesting but the lack of paragraphs is challenging. It’s lacking the creativity of 1984 and handmaids tale. I don’t hate it but I don’t love it either.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Wasn’t well edited - paragraphs running together etc - would think this was deliberate if it started mid-bio and towards the end as she comes unravelled but it’s the whole way through
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Torture, War
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
In today’s current political climate, the novel often reads as a bleak prophecy of what is to come in the West’s slow slide to the right.
It took me a long time to read as I knew there was only pain and suffering on each page. Lynch’s writing style only adds to the endless horror, and though at times it was challenging to literally read, the prose rewards the reader time and time again. Another reader described it like reading a nightmare, which I can only agree with.
I believe the novel also serves to offer a glimpse, though for the privileged it may be, of the harrowing nature of fleeing war and the unending plight of refugees - a conversation which deserves light and empathy, especially within the political conversations taking place in the UK and Ireland.
I would recommend to read, but also don’t know if I would ever read it again.
It took me a long time to read as I knew there was only pain and suffering on each page. Lynch’s writing style only adds to the endless horror, and though at times it was challenging to literally read, the prose rewards the reader time and time again. Another reader described it like reading a nightmare, which I can only agree with.
I believe the novel also serves to offer a glimpse, though for the privileged it may be, of the harrowing nature of fleeing war and the unending plight of refugees - a conversation which deserves light and empathy, especially within the political conversations taking place in the UK and Ireland.
I would recommend to read, but also don’t know if I would ever read it again.
powerful and affecting and timely and incredibly well written