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emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A short and resonant novel about the solidarity and distance between women on a fateful day.
O'Dea's "Voting Day" is set on the titular day in Switzerland--specifically, the day of the February 1, 1959 referendum. But here is a non-spoiler: Swiss women won't get the vote at the federal level until 1971.
I didn't really know what to expect from this story, but it has a charming, head-hopping structure where each chapter is told from the point of view of a character that appeared in the previous section. One woman leads to the next, and it's fascinating to see the ties that link them to one person and pull them away from another. I cheered, I teared up, and I read quietly as O'Dea's characters gave us a small piece of human relationships, recognizable though incomplete. This is just a small fragment of something. A really good fragment.
Recommended for anyone who wants a short read driven by its characters and their day-to-day struggles together and apart.
Thank you to Netgalley and Fairlight Books for granting me an eARC of this book in exchange for honest review.
O'Dea's "Voting Day" is set on the titular day in Switzerland--specifically, the day of the February 1, 1959 referendum. But here is a non-spoiler: Swiss women won't get the vote at the federal level until 1971.
I didn't really know what to expect from this story, but it has a charming, head-hopping structure where each chapter is told from the point of view of a character that appeared in the previous section. One woman leads to the next, and it's fascinating to see the ties that link them to one person and pull them away from another. I cheered, I teared up, and I read quietly as O'Dea's characters gave us a small piece of human relationships, recognizable though incomplete. This is just a small fragment of something. A really good fragment.
Recommended for anyone who wants a short read driven by its characters and their day-to-day struggles together and apart.
Thank you to Netgalley and Fairlight Books for granting me an eARC of this book in exchange for honest review.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual harassment
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