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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An amazing read. I loved the yiddish, the unapologetically jewish-ness of the book, the resilience of the characters, how it deals with queerness.
This book is a must read. It’s dark, direct when it comes to antisemetism but doesn’t make jews helpless victims.
It’s raw and delicate at the same time and while pretty violent and sad it also sparks hope.
This book is a must read. It’s dark, direct when it comes to antisemetism but doesn’t make jews helpless victims.
It’s raw and delicate at the same time and while pretty violent and sad it also sparks hope.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content warnings:
Sexual Assault , CSA and rape. Antisemitism, murder, homophobia, torture/gore, descriptions of corpses and PTSD-like flashbacks. Descriptions of poverty and classism associated. Bereavement and grief. Animal cruelty and descriptions of the meat industry. Mentions of suicide and self harm. I may be missing a few, but these are the main ones I can remember.
I’ve always been curious about Jewish culture, despite studying Philosophy, religion and ethics, the curriculum never touched upon anything other than the basics that separated Christianity and Judaism. So, it was very interesting to learn new things that for some reason were absent.
This Yakov’s, Frankie’s and Alter’s stories were genuinely so heartbreaking, they seemed so human. So flawed, but with good hearts. Sometimes characters feel like husks, or concepts, but if you’d told me these people were based on actual people- I would believe you. I imagine over the years, there have been people who have lived similar lives, which makes it all the more heartbreaking.
Raizel was very intriguing, I’d like to learn more about her and learn her story. I like that she’s opinionated.
I look forward to reading more from this author.
Sexual Assault , CSA and rape. Antisemitism, murder, homophobia, torture/gore, descriptions of corpses and PTSD-like flashbacks. Descriptions of poverty and classism associated. Bereavement and grief. Animal cruelty and descriptions of the meat industry. Mentions of suicide and self harm. I may be missing a few, but these are the main ones I can remember.
I’ve always been curious about Jewish culture, despite studying Philosophy, religion and ethics, the curriculum never touched upon anything other than the basics that separated Christianity and Judaism. So, it was very interesting to learn new things that for some reason were absent.
This Yakov’s, Frankie’s and Alter’s stories were genuinely so heartbreaking, they seemed so human. So flawed, but with good hearts. Sometimes characters feel like husks, or concepts, but if you’d told me these people were based on actual people- I would believe you. I imagine over the years, there have been people who have lived similar lives, which makes it all the more heartbreaking.
Raizel was very intriguing, I’d like to learn more about her and learn her story. I like that she’s opinionated.
I look forward to reading more from this author.
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
This has a really slow start but once it did, the plot is really engaging. I do wish that it didn't take about 40% for the mystery to really start. I also think that some parts have a much slower pace than the other and those parts are a bit hard to get through. Overall, a really good mystery thriller book
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No