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chuckstafer's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- 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? Yes
3.0
This novel wasn't terrible by any means, but it was not great either. It was squarely in the middle for me. The premise was very fascinating: 3 generations of women working together to avoid catastrophe and reconnect over the years. But the story was just so long-winded I kept losing interest in the story. I think too much time was spent in the backstory and a bit more could have been spared for the work between the women to solve the Chornobyl disaster. The conclusion felt not necessarily rushed, but just kind of thrown together, and there was just no substance to it.
I did get invested in the characters at points and hoped they would accomplish their various tasks, but this novel just fell a little short for me.
I did get invested in the characters at points and hoped they would accomplish their various tasks, but this novel just fell a little short for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture and Antisemitism
frenandjen's review
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexism, Alcohol, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War
mondovertigo's review
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Death and Torture
Minor: Gun violence
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