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emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Agatha of Little Neon is centred around sisters of the Catholic Church. When her parish goes broke Agatha and her sisters are parted from their beloved Sister Roberta and the house and life they shared. They are reassigned to a halfway house for recovering addicts and Agatha finds herself having to teach geometry at the local Catholic girls’ school. These changes, exposure to more of the world, and separation from her sisters leads Agatha to slowly but surely question her identity, beliefs, and how she wants to life her life. This is a very slow, quiet read, one without a lot of drama, and the prose is plain and unadorned. Yet the characters held my interest and Agatha’s increasingly incisive thoughts and observations, her questioning of church practices and behaviour, plus her small acts of rebellion made this small understated read a worthwhile one for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Suicide
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Pedophilia
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