5.95k reviews for:

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.11 AVERAGE

shb26's review

5.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Dystopian Dublin and a family’s challenge to get through tan authoritarian regime and rebel fighting. Leans on the migrant journey 

klally21's review

3.25

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ashreadings's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I’m broken after reading this. My heart hurts and the parallels between the characters and situations in the book and how people are living in this world are too real. The writing is poetic and lyrical and took me a bit to get into but the rhythm is tense and terrifying and works perfectly for the subject matter. 

blahler's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

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This is a horror story about an authoritarian takeover and a woman whose husband, head of the teacher’s union, doesn’t come home from a peaceful rally. Then her son gets a letter about serving with the national military, her younger son is running wild, her daughter isn’t eating and she has a baby and elderly father to protect. It’s brutal. It’s vivid. It’s so well done that when the troops set up in her neighborhood, you can feel the house falling down around you. 

elvire's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

anna_pauline's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

elle_emm_ess's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence

trutledge's review

4.0

emotional slow-paced

tamaraoc_99's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

millieviolet's review

3.5

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes