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3.89 AVERAGE

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Stop reading reviews and just pick this up. This is a book you read for atmosphere and excerpts. The plot is secondary to the beautiful musings about love and society. So many passages in this feel like they were written this year despite being published in 1989. I just read something that will influence me for the rest of my life. Please ZANDO translate more of Tondelli’s work into English. I’m beside myself that this is his only English translation.
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous reflective medium-paced
reflective sad

Really liked the final "movement" as I felt that it tied everything together, every lingering thought to be had on the subject of grief within the novel. 
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tonyblack602's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Wasn’t in the right headspace for something so dense
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated
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ourowncreation's review

5.0
challenging emotional reflective 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: Yes
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes