Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Song that Sings Us by Nicola Davies

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chippyreads's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

A beautiful book. The perfect read for anyone wanting to get cozy in a cabin retreat or similar. 

Took off a star for the fat shaming. It's 2022, there's no excuses for constantly referring to a man who is fat as 'Dough Boy' or referencing his 'piggy eyes'. We get it, he's a bigger man who is also a baddie. His fatness is his body, not his personality. Let's stop body shaming people yeah? 

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pagesandpaws's review

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

Wow, this is truly a special book and unlike anything I have ever read before and likely ever will again. The sheer amount of passion and love for nature shines through ever page of this book and the author has done a wonderful job at creating such a moving story that is nestled somewhere between dystopian fiction and magical realism/ fantasy. 

In truth, I think this book is quite niche in terms of its marketability however I urge you to pick it up if it sounds at all interesting to you. It has some really important messages and learnable lessons amounts the action and adventure of the story. 

The characters are unique and have such charismatic and individual voices that they are instantly recognisable, and there is some queer representation in it as well. 

I loved the strong messages of empathy, self development and family and thought the story itself was well paced and engaging without feeling rushed. 

Definitely a pleasant experience.

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