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Vesileikit by Cristina Sandu

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elliemcc11's review against another edition

4.0

Thanks to the publishers & Netgalley for a review copy.

This was a short read and I was left wanting to know more - so many whys, what happened next, what happened before... However, I did enjoy these short stories of six women (written from their own points of view) who under the guise of a synchronised swimming competition escaped from living in an unamed country behind the Iron Curtain because they were well written and engaging.

newintroductionbysusan's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

elliesbrains's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

A collection of loosely interlinked narratives that while nice enough on their own just don’t have enough substance together to create a novel. Either should have been longer or a set of connected novellas

abgraver97's review against another edition

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3.0

A short but interesting collection of stories which intertwine. It felt a bit unfinished.

obscuredbyclouds's review against another edition

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3.0

Finnish-Romanian author Cristina Sandu presents us with a novella made out of several short stories that manages to have a coherent story. It tells us of the lives of different women from a Eastern European who start synchronized swimming and manage to escape the iron curtain, only to find detachment and only glimmers of hope in their new homes around the world. I thought the writing as a little too odd-on-purpose for me, but I liked the atmosphere and the characters.