Reviews

Frère d'âme by David Diop

simplyycharlii's review against another edition

4.0

3.5

strawbecky113's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

mmesoma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

erinmolloy824's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

picking_back_up's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

fcarouge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

lmneal87's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

soso_sherbs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

missyjohnson's review against another edition

4.0

book club 2.0 September 2023. It is hard to write my thoughts on this book. It was hard to read and easy to read. This story made me think about madness and how thoughts flow. It made me think of the madness of war. It made me think about relationships. Alfa's friend, Mademba is killed in war. Alfa stays with him until he dies. He does not put his friend out of his misery even though Mademba begs. This incident causes Alfa to slide into madness. We read about his "hunting" of the enemy during attacks as well as background to his life in Senagal before the war. by the end of this short book, I am wondering so many things about Alfa. did he rape the nurse at the hospital or was it consensual? did the time with Fary really happen as is narrated? Was it really Alfa that narrated?
looking forward to the discussion on this one.

hnj1512's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

A very odd and disturbing book, not entirely sure what the plot was.