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rinnfoskey's review
4.0
An unfolding of relationships, reflection on the past, grief, migration and people's multi-faceted nature told through an Irani family in the 80s/90s.
Overall I found this book very compelling, if heavy.
<Spoiler> what I found more challenging was the revealing of Anahita's sexual abuse when she was younger was used as a device to prompt reflection and redemption in characters. I could understand Mitra telling her mum, and then Olga telling her the rest of the story but Mitra tells her father eventually from a place of revenge hoping it will hurt him. That he does seem to respond in a way of reflecting on his life and changing things seemed to easy. I would have thought the book more real, and less uncomfortable about anahita continuing to he used and manipulated to Mitra/her father's enda if this passage was left out. </Spoiler>
Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Infertility
quackquackbich's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault
moniipeters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Child death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Pedophilia, Car accident, Death, Deportation, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
jlearnwriter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Xenophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Infertility, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
michfiske5's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, Infidelity, and Sexual assault
sydneylea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault
drharms's review
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault
rhi4794's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Rape
mkarab2's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: War
gcarlson94's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Death