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Peut-être un 2.5. Le genre de livre plein de potentiel, mais qui au lieu de prendre la direction des sujets intéressant, se contentent d'histoire d'amour à répétition qui, honnêtement, sont assez simplistes. L'épilogue rachète un peu le tout, et exprime, enfin, sans 25 métaphores et/ou analogies, les effets de la colonisation, post-col, métissage, nouvelle classes sociales etc.

scarfoot's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

melbsreads's review against another edition

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4.0

ETA: The more I think about this book, the more it sticks with me. I'm upping it to 4.5 stars.

As I regularly say to my students, "look past the horrible cover, because you can't see the horrible cover when you're reading the book, and the book is great."

The writing in this book is absolutely beautiful. It's very poetic, with Indigenous Tahitian culture shining through. The importance of a connection to country is evident throughout the story, and the amount of criticism that's heaped on French colonisation and French nuclear testing in the Pacific is pretty great.

It's full of love stories, both tragic and ridiculously happy, and the characters are absolutely wonderful. Definitely one that will stay with me.

eugeneleec's review

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5.0

Highly recommend. This novel was beautiful and really offered insight into Tahitian culture. This novel gave agency and a voice to a peoples whose narrative maybe not be known by the greater masses.

alic59books's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

morringhan's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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