Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

9 reviews

krobart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 This novel is beautifully written and ultimately haunting. However, I so disliked Arsim that it was hard for me to read. He is absolutely vile in his behavior to almost everyone in the book but especially to his wife and children, whom he periodically deserts and beats when he is there. When he thinks later that he did his best by them, he defines this as financial support. Really, he deserts anyone who poses any difficulties. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Religious bigotry, Genocide, War, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Homophobia, Racism, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

hughesie's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, War, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Genocide

harrydaylight's review against another edition

3.75

I’m having such a hard time reviewing this book, or even rating it. 3.75 stars doesn’t feel right, but neither does any other rating.
As a Kosovo albanian, this book is so fucking difficult to read. I really don’t know what I was expecting when I first started it, but not that. 
It’s so incredibly depressing. And the main character is so unbelievably cruel, like I legit don’t have any words for him. 
What a dark, dark novel with such a haunting ending.
But it’s written so well, and it was hard to put the book down, even if it upset me at times. There’s something so tangible about the way this story is written, like I could reach out and touch it and know exactly what streets are being described, the people, the feelings, the depression and the awfulness of the war here, the aftermath. 
I wish it wasn’t this fucking sad though, but it’s a very realistic book and I can’t take that away from it. 
I don’t think I’ll ever reread this, but I’m glad to have read it. I know it’ll stay with me for a long time. 
Definitely go through the TWs for this one, it’s so heavy at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Violence, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Gore, Abandonment, Homophobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

michelsalamouni's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

julied's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Mental illness

_juriireads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

aurinkotuulia's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal death, and Blood

srm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So, read this in a single day, and I'm still processing. Perhaps I'll write something like a review some other time, but atm, I'm not sure i can say anything coherent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, and Incest