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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Grief
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Vomit, Lesbophobia
Beautiful story, the author's writing is lyrical and poetic.
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF after 250 pages. It was just too slow for me.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A beautiful and heartbreaking story. The characters were so vivid and I could see all the different places and eras so clearly. I've never read about Brazil during these times so that was neat and taught me some things. What a world we all live in.
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a long-winded story. I feel like it could’ve been 1/3 shorter and more impactful. Reminded me of Daisy Jones & the Six, but set in Brazil and a couple decades earlier. I wanted to love it and had its moments, but as a whole, it was much too long.
A sweeping, compelling historical saga of female friendship, music, and heartbreak that stretches from the sugar plantations of northern Brazil to the music scene of Rio to the studio lots of 1940's Hollywood.