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Тайните, които не разкрихме by Lara Prescott, Лара Прескот
9 reviews
kiwichill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
off2explore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Torture
Moderate: Miscarriage
kristinj1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, Miscarriage, Blood, Sexism, Alcohol, and Pregnancy
mnboyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Rape, War, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage
buecherdiebin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
At first, I liked the idea of a typing-pool narrator, as it could show the we're-in-this-together mentality I can very well imagine developing between women in a misogynistic working environment. Irina was a character made for good character development, and all in all the focus on women in a male-dominated area a good idea. This had the setting and plot to be a thrilling and engaging feminist spy novel.
Unfortunately it went all downhill from there. I think there are two main problems with this book.
First, the spy part of the novel - which is the main focus of its marketing after all - is extremely underwhelming.
Second, there are way too many characters, and I didn't connect with any of them. Their stories, actions and emotions all seemed very wooden and rushed.
Prescott’s writing left me cold, because she didn't really dive into her characters' emotions, just described a series of actions and events.
I read this book as an audiobook and I listened to the last 30% on 1.25 speed because I was bored out of my mind. The typists-narration I liked in the beginning ended up being a complete waste of time, because kept being told things that we already knew happened, or things that would have been much more captivating being told from the people actually concerned than some tepid second-hand account. For some reason there were even one or two boring chapters being told from Teddy's perspective and I have no clue why - I certainly did not care about Teddy,
This book easily could have been 100 pages shorter and given the same amount of information, or if it had to be this long, at least focus on the really interesting stuff and its characters’ emotions and motivations, instead of biting off more than it could chew and not really getting to the bottom of any of it. I suppose I did end up learning a bit more about Doctor Zhivago, but I might have preferred just reading the Wikipedia article for that instead of listening to this for 10+ hours.
Moderate: Sexual assault
rmperash's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization and War
Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Suicide, Murder, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
bibliocinephile's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Sexual assault
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Animal death, Biphobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, and War
Moderate: Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit
earutherford's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets the cold war era spies. The beginning is rough-it took the first 100 pages to set scene and get into the book for me. At first you don't really see how all the POVs are interconnected. But if you can make it though the first 100 pages, it's worth the read from there.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence