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xkrille's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
If you like the poetic prose, then this is a book for you. It was not my taste at all.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, and Excrement
booksandbabble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Racism
yvespiders's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
The format is unusual and it can be quite a dense read. But once I got down to the core of Ondaatje's message, I found this novel to be incredibly powerful and timely. It is scary how relevant the subject matter of nationalism is to our world today.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, Sexual content, and Xenophobia
cstein's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Excrement