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4.05 AVERAGE


A book that, immediately after punching me in the stomach with the unrecognisable state of things after years of incremental change, kicked me to the floor with the circular repetitions of history.
challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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racheldale's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

Maybe I gave up too early, or maybe the English translation doesn't capture the vibe, but I didn't understand what was going on. Too confusing and not enough happening for me. But in general I prefer plot driven books than 'family saga' types so maybe just not my style of book. 

3.5

loved it at the start, but couldn’t wait to finish by the end
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing fast-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: Complicated
challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mila_2020's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 5%

language, sexual content, and didn’t like writing style 
dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated