147 reviews for:

The Orchard

Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry

4.14 AVERAGE

kendallinge's review against another edition

4.75

dark tense medium-paced

pap3rcut__'s review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful 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: No

redroofcolleen's review against another edition

3.0

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The main characters were of a similar age during my adolescence, so I initially enjoyed this glimpse into the parallel and fairly dystopian world of Moscow during the era of the Soviet Union: a world of drunkenness, cruelty and violence, scarcity and black markets.
The language is incredibly evocative and deeply rooted in place, but perhaps, too much so, for I found the interminable bleakness, horror, and death too much and quit after reading 2/3.

julia_vertleyb's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

evahelena's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annitikkala's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sweet_caroline_johnson's review against another edition

4.0

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nziam's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

my_bookish_world_'s review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

leslies_library's review against another edition

3.0

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A stunning portrait of late USSR/perestroika girlhood in Russia. Explores the intersection of nationality, identity, and politics from a deeply personal, intimate perspective.