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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My fav delulu karen
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Wow! Didn’t know what to expect but this blew me away. A lovely little book which really makes you think… #nospoilers
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I might like this more in physical form than audiobook, but it was a slog to get through. The narrator has a pleasant voice, but I found the subject matter utterly exhausting.
reflective
It took a bit of time for me to get into this one, but I found myself quite enjoying this book. It centres around a rare character, an elderly superstitious old lady, who despite her expected certainty and recriminations of the sorry state of the world, is full of surprises and a rich company of colourful friends, acquaintances and enemies. The mysterious chronic ailments which afflict her (very much seems like Lupus) couple well with the largely windswept barren wintery setting of a few tiny houses on a forsaken plateau - destined to be wiped away once the quarry at its foot renews operation. The main character is a devout astrologer, and this produces some very unique imagery of constellations. An air of defeated 'back-in-my-day' nostalgia is nonetheless intertwined with the main character's indomitable willfulness to oppose what she sees as the gruesome slaughter of animals for human comfort and sustenance. Along the way the book picks up her acquaintances and neighbours, shaping and being shaped by this morose and punishing setting on the outskirts of civilization with the promise of a more soft and civilized country beyond the porous national borders. Unfortunately, however much I grew to like the unique main character, her interesting observations and dark peculiar thoughts on her time and her friends, I could not find the same interest in the murder plot of the story. It's neither a cheap twist nor an utterly predictable revelation but it seemed rather unremarkable in the context of the laboriously described setting and cast of characters who populate the little Polish village in which a series of mysterious gruesome murders occur.