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10 minut, 38 sekund na tem čudnem svetu

Elif Shafak

4.11 AVERAGE

rikhie's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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

symesjbs's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

hecatei's review against another edition

4.0

Istanbul was an illusion. A magician’s trick gone wrong.

Some stories are sharp and cut right through, some are sweet and leave you all fuzzy and warm inside; others are intense and leave you emotionally exhausted. This one in particular was brutal. After having closed the book, you'd sit down and just contemplate over this story; a tale albiet fictional shed light on the real horrors of being 'the outcast'.

Tequila Leila takes us all along with her down memory lane at first...and boy you wish she didn't. Turkey in the 20th century went through a lot, not so much the people living there in the dark corners. A young girl forced into prostitution at the ripe young age of 17 and if not for The Five, might have lost hope in living altogether. Her beloved friends as mentioned are (i personally believe) the stars of Leila's story and made me honour the bond 'water families' forge over blood relations. A piece of advice from them all; cherish and respect your loved ones regardless of what they are and how they live. In a conservative society, things are bound to get rough and for the worse even.

ajrkph07's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zoli's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

asieee's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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: Complicated

lydmay_00's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

thessa_ggn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

brokebish's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 50%

Too much trauma for a main character you know is going to be brutally killed anyway

iamaprettyflower's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was dark and utterly heart-wrenching.

The story was unique and I loved the exploration of Istanbul.

The only part that I didnt like is that Leila didnt get justice for her murder. We get extra scenes with the murderes in the drive through, but after that, this part of the plot seems to get forgotten.

I'll definitely be exploring this author further!!

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