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baearles's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Grief, Death, Murder, and Death of parent
Minor: Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Animal death, and Stalking
antoniac's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I loved this book. An emotional journey, powerfully written. Multiple narrators and time frames worked very well.
Agree with previous review that there are some parallels with modern readers to descriptions of the flu epidemic.
I would say to pay attention to content warnings - this can be a difficult read at times, and I imagine could be quite traumatic for some readers, especially the chapters from the perspective of the antagonist.
Agree with previous review that there are some parallels with modern readers to descriptions of the flu epidemic.
I would say to pay attention to content warnings - this can be a difficult read at times, and I imagine could be quite traumatic for some readers, especially the chapters from the perspective of the antagonist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Medical content
Moderate: War, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, and Grief
Minor: Blood, Child death, and Ableism
sarah984's review against another edition
emotional
informative
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? It's complicated
2.0
I thought the language (and translation) was beautiful, and the history was interesting to me, but the book itself was also annoying. There are only three categories of people in this book's world: benevolent put-upon landowners, childlike peons who are so grateful for the landowner's kindness, and evil ungrateful peons who are greedy and hurt people for no reason. Annoying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, Classism, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Torture, Vomit, and War
Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
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