Reviews with content warning for Sexual violence - All the Birds, Singing

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All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld

12 reviews

awilton's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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pikkumarja's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Evie Wyld on niin taitava kirjoittaja! Tässäkin kirjassa oli raivoa, surua, pelkoa ja vimmaa ja rakastan sitä, kuinka Wyldin naiset ovat aina jollain tavalla sellaisia, että heitä katsotaan kieroon, kummeksuen tai halveksien.

Usean aikatason kerronta toimii, vaikka vähän joutui totuttelemaan siihen alussa. Teksti soljuu lähes kauhunomaisesti eteenpäin! Upea!

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just22jess22's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Nuanced, mysterious, reflective and challenging- this book kept me guessing and second guessing until the very last page!

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meg0207's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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hannahsnerdycorner's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This isn't the kind of book you can enjoy, appreciate and ponder yes, but enjoy? Not really - at least I didn't.

The premise is good - a woman escaping someone from her past, then her sheep start getting brutally killed - but by the end I had more questions than I did to begin with, and only a few of the questions I had at the beginning were answered.

I did really like the style/layout: odd chapters are the present, going forwards, and even chapters are Jake's past, going back in time. It was really unique and I liked how it made the story unravel - although the past getting further into the past confused me at some points and I had to keep reminding myself what was happening.

I'm sure the beast attacking the sheep is a metaphor of some kind - I just wish I understood what for. The book felt kind of clunky, like it didn't all fit together and way it is presented is just long paragraphs and underdeveloped sentences - which again is probably symbolic of Jake's mind but I personally didn't like it.

There isn't really a filter; it's in first-person and she just says whatever she thinks, they don't censor the sex scenes (and they aren't pleasant, but not rape). This book is not for people who are prude.

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kath_knits's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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oisin175's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An interesting story of being haunted by the past while trying to make a break. It's a book that works at the surface while also leaving a lot of room for deeper exploration and speculation. The disjointed timelines are a mechanic that I think tends to work pretty poorly most of the time, but this book is one of the rare ones where it adds to the overall story telling.

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