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Bůh maličkostí by Michaela Lauschmannová, Arundhati Roy

3.94 AVERAGE

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quoraline's review against another edition

3.0
"...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably. They don’t deceive you with thrills and trick endings. They don’t surprise you with the unforeseen. They are as familiar as the house you live in. Or the smell of your lover’s skin. You know how they end, yet you listen as though you don’t. In the way that although you know that one day you will die, you live as though you won’t. In the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn’t. And yet you want to know again."

By the time I reached the end of the book, I could appreciate what it was trying to achieve (exemplified by the above quote) and the artistry displayed in its telling, but I didn't particularly enjoy reading it.

jobdew's review against another edition

3.5
challenging dark sad slow-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: Yes

alan_na4's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lassi's review against another edition

4.0
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I wish I got to see more of rahel and estha's relationship 
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studenison's review against another edition

4.0
Still had a lot of power on a second read - delved deep and poetically into the damage faced by individuals across generations of pain and social strictures. The caste system remained just as horrifying as the first time I read this, and the back-and-forth time jumps worked really well. Came to appreciate the structure much more when analysing it with my student.
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luvdivy's review against another edition

4.0
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sadierain_'s review against another edition

4.25
challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
honestly enjoyed this much more than i expected. at its core, it’s a tragic love story, with a family saga, which is truly my favorite kind of book. i loved how the relationship with ammu and velutha is described. quiet, lyrical, interior. will be purchasing for my personal library. 

eimear_stockmann's review against another edition

4.0
dark funny mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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arivroomvroom's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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vns_lv's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes