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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Kept waiting for it to get more engaging / interesting, had some bright moments but ultimately just wasn’t for me. Prose is very unique and a lot of metaphors but I didn’t like it. Should’ve quit reading partway through.
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is beautifully written, with vivid descriptions that bring the story to life as it weaves together different lives across decades. I listened to the audiobook, and the narration added an extra layer of emotion that made the experience even more powerful.
The voices of the children were really well recreated, and the whole plot is just devastating but beautifully human. I really enjoyed it in the end. However, I can’t give it five stars because, as others have pointed out, at the beginning it is confusing, and you have to get used to the temporal jumps. Also, some of the descriptions felt overly detailed and, at times, a bit too much for me.
The voices of the children were really well recreated, and the whole plot is just devastating but beautifully human. I really enjoyed it in the end. However, I can’t give it five stars because, as others have pointed out, at the beginning it is confusing, and you have to get used to the temporal jumps. Also, some of the descriptions felt overly detailed and, at times, a bit too much for me.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
I'd probably go 3.5 if that were an option, but I didn't "really like it," so I rolled it down instead of up. I liked the book; I think I might have liked it better had I not just recently read Abraham Verghese's Covenant of Water. I did struggle with the narrative structure. The author says in an interview that she can see the logic of it, but I really can't. All the way through I had to stop paying attention to narrative long enough to figure out where we were supposed to be in time.
Spoiler
And I don't see why we had to the the incestuous incident at the end. I can't figure what it adds to the story.
წვრილმანებამდე სრულყოფილი ნაწარმოებია ადამიანებზე, რომელთაც დაუმსახურებელი სასჯელის გადატანა მოუწიათ. ფაქტობრივად ყოველი მათგანი სხვადასხვა ფორმით ისტორიას ეწირება. ნაწარმოების მთავარი გმირი ინდოეთია თავისი კულტურული და სოციალური თავისებურებებით, მას მიჰყავს პერსონაჟები დინების საწინააღმდეგოდ ან მისი მიმართულებით, ზოგსაც კი თავის სიღრმეებში ახრჩობს. ისეთი ნაწარმოებია წესით ბოლომდე გული რომ უნდა დაგიფლითოს.
Devastating, I wanted to sink into my bed and disappear