Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

De derde leugen by Ágota Kristóf

3 reviews

skimgoth's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I just read The Notebook by Agota Kristof and I got that feeling like I did reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Like I just need to go rock in a corner for a while.

The San Francisco chronicle calls it “stark and haunting”

NYT Bestselling Internet Aunt Sara says “omg listen to the San Francisco Chronicle”

God, I have so much I could say, but I think it boils down to:

this book made really horrible stuff really elegant and cut nightmares out of crisp, accessible prose.

The character of Harelip. The maid. Those boys. What happened to each of the parents. That last chapter. Shaking, grateful I read it, changed, inspired as an artist, deeply bothered.

I think I’m going to write a note to my children about how “this book is A LOT to parse as an adult so please don’t get a wild hair and read it yet” and stick it in the cover before putting it up on a shelf. My kids are like me. If a book is around, they might read it, especially if I put it on a high shelf. This one is WAY too readable, like at any age, and they could get thru it. So a “last warning” note for when they find a chair to get to my grownup books. Lmao

(This is a trilogy but I only bought it for the first one, no plans to read the other two for now)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, and Abandonment