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valegbecerra's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse
lasivaranasi's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Die Charaktere entwickeln sich nur sperrig und mir hat etwas eine Reflexion von Agnes gefehlt, darüber wie sie die Freundschaft später wahrnimmt. Außerdem fand ich persönlich den Schul-Abschnitt zu einseitig/lang.
Dennoch habe ich die Schreibstil geliebt und viele Sätze und Analogien markiert, um sie mir zu behalten. Alles in allem ein gutes Buch. Ich würde es jedoch nicht empfehlen, wenn man es in Buch lesen möchte in dem viel passiert/ sich die Charaktere stark weiterentwickeln.
Dennoch habe ich die Schreibstil geliebt und viele Sätze und Analogien markiert, um sie mir zu behalten. Alles in allem ein gutes Buch. Ich würde es jedoch nicht empfehlen, wenn man es in Buch lesen möchte in dem viel passiert/ sich die Charaktere stark weiterentwickeln.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child death and Child abuse
graceesford's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and War
hilaryreadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
[Thank you Farrar, Straus and Giroux for a gifted copy]
In a small, rural town of France, two girls, Agnès and Fabienne, create their own private worlds. Fabienne—willful, unruly, and unsettling to all but Agnès—dreams up games and imaginary experiences that reality can’t hold, and Agnès follows along dutifully and with a strange obsessiveness. Eventually, Fabienne dreams up a new game, writing a book filled with morbid tales, a game that will have startling effects in the real world and send Agnès on a whirlwind adventure based upon deceit and lies.
I loved Li’s different portrayals of exploitation. There’s exploitation of children by adults, both by the public and in private. There’s exploitation of children by children. And there’s also the exploitation of cold, cold reality on childlike dreams—a coming-of-age, you can say, or the most terrible way to realize that magic and happy endings and the complete freedom to stretch out are never real.
Pick up if you’re interested in sharp psychological unravelings, a strong narrative voice, and perhaps Ishiguro’s THE REMAINS OF THE DAY.
In a small, rural town of France, two girls, Agnès and Fabienne, create their own private worlds. Fabienne—willful, unruly, and unsettling to all but Agnès—dreams up games and imaginary experiences that reality can’t hold, and Agnès follows along dutifully and with a strange obsessiveness. Eventually, Fabienne dreams up a new game, writing a book filled with morbid tales, a game that will have startling effects in the real world and send Agnès on a whirlwind adventure based upon deceit and lies.
I loved Li’s different portrayals of exploitation. There’s exploitation of children by adults, both by the public and in private. There’s exploitation of children by children. And there’s also the exploitation of cold, cold reality on childlike dreams—a coming-of-age, you can say, or the most terrible way to realize that magic and happy endings and the complete freedom to stretch out are never real.
Pick up if you’re interested in sharp psychological unravelings, a strong narrative voice, and perhaps Ishiguro’s THE REMAINS OF THE DAY.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Child death and War
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