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alex_wordweaver's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-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
5.0
If anyone can translate "zisalle" for me, that'd be great. Some things Google cannot do.
Content Warnings
Moderate: War and Antisemitism
Minor: Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
xdg's review
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
womanon's review against another edition
2.0
This sadly wasn't for me, I just couldn't connect with anything.
floralrising's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
lucymight's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This one is like a Wes Anderson film in a book! Lots of fun
pisumuru's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
bookkrut's review against another edition
5.0
The Slaughterman’s Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits (2015, translated from Yiddish in 2020).
Adventurous, lyrical, smart, funny - Iczkovits’ writing immerses the reader into an atmospheric turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Russia throughly the use of a fictional newspaper article at the very outset of the novel.
This is the story of Fanny Keismann (cough cough - the Slaughterman’s Daughter) as she travels across Russia and encounters/chances upon/confronts/acquires an improbable number of complex, hilarious and fully-realized characters throughout her determined voyage to Minsk. The focal plot mechanism is an adventurous “on the road” tale, but don’t think that the novel isn’t also thoughtful, emotional, and satirical. The novel does meander and often dives into various subplots/detailed backstories of secondary characters…but while many writers falter in keeping their readers engaged and enchanted during repeated redirection, Iczkovits is certainly an expert. His ability to keep enthralment at an all-time high through the entirety of this behemoth speaks to the novel’s simultaneous complexity and readability, humour and philosophy, character and plot.
In sum, if you are a looking for something concurrently fun and literary, and if you like books that prioritize detail and truly love and cherish and materialize their characters, then The Slaughterman’s Daughter is for you.
This book is easily going to be my favourite fiction of 2021, and is going down as one of the all-time greats. Please do yourself and this book a favour and read it!
Adventurous, lyrical, smart, funny - Iczkovits’ writing immerses the reader into an atmospheric turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Russia throughly the use of a fictional newspaper article at the very outset of the novel.
This is the story of Fanny Keismann (cough cough - the Slaughterman’s Daughter) as she travels across Russia and encounters/chances upon/confronts/acquires an improbable number of complex, hilarious and fully-realized characters throughout her determined voyage to Minsk. The focal plot mechanism is an adventurous “on the road” tale, but don’t think that the novel isn’t also thoughtful, emotional, and satirical. The novel does meander and often dives into various subplots/detailed backstories of secondary characters…but while many writers falter in keeping their readers engaged and enchanted during repeated redirection, Iczkovits is certainly an expert. His ability to keep enthralment at an all-time high through the entirety of this behemoth speaks to the novel’s simultaneous complexity and readability, humour and philosophy, character and plot.
In sum, if you are a looking for something concurrently fun and literary, and if you like books that prioritize detail and truly love and cherish and materialize their characters, then The Slaughterman’s Daughter is for you.
This book is easily going to be my favourite fiction of 2021, and is going down as one of the all-time greats. Please do yourself and this book a favour and read it!
clarissssssseeeee's review
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
zimo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Just amazing