7.62k reviews for:

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

4.45 AVERAGE

abby_bergman's review against another edition

5.0

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A heart breaking gut punch but well worth it

tinymonsta's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Very sad and reminder of what was lost during the AIDS epidemic. People need to remember 

onbewimpeld's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i haven’t really disappeared into a book for a while, but time really stopped for me when reading this. beautiful and painful. 

carolinaroques's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kermittuesday's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sara_o's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What a great book.  I loved Fiona and Yale as my eyes into Chicago in the 1980s.  All the characters were terrific and complicated and felt very real to me which made me care about them, flaws and all.  Heartbreaking and lovely.

rintintin's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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

mwauneka's review against another edition

4.5

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It took me a while to get into this book but I ended up loving the characters and enjoying the way that the story of the 1980’s and 90’s impacted the story of the present day.  

ps2's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Yes

sabisch's review against another edition

5.0

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Such a beautifully written book. I love how this author writes her characters and their development as the story progresses. A heartbreaking story about the AIDS epidemic in the 80’s in Chicago, definitely worth the read!