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milliebrierley's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: War, Abortion, and Suicide
taliaogrady's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I understood what the book was trying to do but it felt too disjointed in its writing style at points. It did a good job of conveying the almost-empty feeling of the main character & some parts of her life/relationships felt difficult to read.
Moderate: Abortion and Dementia
Minor: Suicide
lydia123's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was such a hidden gem. Anya is a woman who escaped Sarajevo to the UK and she goes through life feeling alienated and traumatised. She’s on a physical journey and an emotional one. I really relate to the feelings of having your life defined by something, and then for the rest of your life feeling difficult to relate to. This Book is very deep and worthwhile to traumatised people. If you’ve had a happy and easy life so far you might not get this.
Also such gorgeous prose:
“ She was the kind of mother who refused to knock. A fan of borders but not boundaries.”
“I was reading into things again. This was simply absence. Absence with an absence of meaning.”
“I remember being set on happy-ever-after. It amuses me now, how I thought about it as a physical place at the end of a long road. A place where I could unpack, lie down and never have to move again, and the future became an ending.”
Gorgeous!!!
Also such gorgeous prose:
“ She was the kind of mother who refused to knock. A fan of borders but not boundaries.”
“I was reading into things again. This was simply absence. Absence with an absence of meaning.”
“I remember being set on happy-ever-after. It amuses me now, how I thought about it as a physical place at the end of a long road. A place where I could unpack, lie down and never have to move again, and the future became an ending.”
Gorgeous!!!
Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Grief, Genocide, War, Dementia, and Abortion
travelsbypaper's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abortion, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
writtenbyfai's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion and Animal death
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