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Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, War
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence
Minor: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Alcohol
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol
I finished this half a year ago and am still thinking about it. This could be a 5-star book in time. Impossible not to recommend to anyone even remotely interested in fantasy/magical realism, religious fiction, and Russian/USSR fiction.
edit: is now a 5-star book for me
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny
Minor: Infidelity, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs
I 100% understand why people love this book. It has just been extremely tedious to read and I had to motivate myself a lot to get through it all.
The first 200 pages are basically just world building/ giving the readers all the knowledge they need in order to understand and enjoy the second half. It got really boring for me to the point where I would literally fall asleep after reading 3 pages (multiple times!!). I did not enjoy the first half. There were some very funny bits but most of it was exhausting.
Minor spoilers ahead
When I got to the second half though my opinion changed completely. I still think it's funny that the main protagonist (after whom the book is named!) Only appear halfway into the book. But as soon as we got to meet Magarita I started liking the book. I really enjoyed her character and story. Also the whole Satans Ball was super fun. I also finally felt like I understood Woland and the others.
The whole becoming a witch thing was entertaining and I finally understood why you need the first half because I wouldn't have understood anything in the second part if I hadn't read the first part.
Still I think it's ridiculous that you need to get through 200 pages(!!) to get to the really good part.
I want to give this book 4 stars but I really can't so 3.5 will have to do.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Classism