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fivefeather's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, War, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Genocide
Minor: Car accident, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Drug use, Animal death, and Death of parent
allisonz6's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Suicide, Genocide, Death, and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual content, and Child death
Minor: Suicide attempt
nickibreading's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and War
rosalind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Murder, and War
Moderate: Blood, Classism, Child death, Colonisation, Grief, Sexual content, and Homophobia
Minor: Lesbophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, and Genocide
mattiaforc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, War, Murder, Blood, Death, Police brutality, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Racism
lauralee_lu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Suicide
ketreads's review against another edition
4.0
I was drawn to the book, let's be real, by the gorgeous cover art initially. After reading the blurb and learning, it had both mystery and fantastical elements, it sounded like a perfect choice for my 'Storygraph Reads the World' for the country of Sri Lanka.
Shehan Karunatilaka does such an impressive job of making you care about Maali and his plight throughout the story, even when it quickly becomes apparent that Almeida isn't the most kindhearted of main characters. The rich descriptions, fantastical weaving of both mythological, after life, and real world political corruption, come together into this singularly impressive book.
While I wouldn't say I had immense joy in reading this, the topic and details the book gets into is both dark and upsetting realities of Shri Lanka's political climate at the time, I did find the book impressive.
Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Death and Blood
lindsayorme'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, and War
Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder, Car accident, Drug use, Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Torture, Racism, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual content
molliekneath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, War, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Torture