Reviews

Those Who Are Loved by Victoria Hislop

caro1uk's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

bee_67's review

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

jenbeans615's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Surprisingly stunning. Slow, chronological, an unfolding of Themis’s lifetime through the telling of a grandmother’s tale. Of love, loving, and family in war, politics, peace, tragedy, and everyday life. The warmth of Greek domestic life and descriptions of family meals contrasted with wartime brutality and deaths. A long read, but undeniably a beautiful read. 

emybooksandcoffee's review

3.0

+ Extremely informative historical facts. I've learned things about my own country's civil war that school didn't dare teach me. It inspired me to open up the dusty history books on my dad's bookshelf.

-Extremely unrealistic. You mean to tell me the heroine saw family and friends being murdered or being starved to death, killed people, got brutally tortured, and then went to live happily ever after with no psychological or physiological damage? Humans don't work like that.

jufira42's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

jolou's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

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

4.5

elsvaughan's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

alicetaylorxox's review

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

lausiet's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

anna93_'s review

4.0

Incredibly detailed insight into the turbulent past of Greece and how this affected the families that lived there.
The book focuses on Themis and her family, her bravery, her loves and betrayals.