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artdeco's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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? Yes
5.0
refraining myself from crying on the bus due to the ending was a really difficult task
wetcheesereviews's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The author writes the teenage character who is intended to be 16 as if she is 13, the way she speaks has a lack of sentence formation. Making some of the chapters a little hard to read, I had to reread a few pages as I felt like the introductory sentences of a few chapters could have been written by either of the three characters. I did like the characters ability to self reflect and the ending made it feel like perhaps they didn't actually change their behaviour we will never know <spoiler>
claireemma23's review
4.0
I read this book just before my trip to Prague, as I'd never read anything by a Czech author before. It covers so many themes: family dynamics, depression, guilt, forgiveness, love, sex, drug abuse, communism, etc. It's a really bleak read but incredibly engaging and wonderfully written.
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