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I didn't like this book I have decided. It wasn't that interesting and not a lot happened. No great musings about the world. His style of prose and lack of punctuation made it hard to follow what was going on. I didn't care about the characters or what happened to them. This one is honestly lost on me. Think it was a bit dated with its porterals of gender and race.

yulenka's review against another edition

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reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

sabdep's review against another edition

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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

3.0

augustwordsworth's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

While I understand what the novel was going for, the whole metaphor for South Africa's recent history, it didn't speak to me on an emotional level quite the way it seems to have done for others.

The characters didn't have enough space to be fleshed out, and while they could have been compelling, things seemed without rhyme or reason half the time.

I found the home to be a pretty compelling image, the road from so much potential to all of it being wasted and the black population continuously being sidelined, until it's too little, too late.

That being said, I felt disappointed by the result, the novel as I saw it lacked the depth I expected.

meo's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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