Reviews

The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien

motherofladybirds's review

2.0

I could not warm to the main character. A war criminal hides in a rural Irish town posing as a healer. This was deeply unpleasant at times as the consequences of her trust played out violently. Her experience as a refugee in london etc. I admired this novel more than I enjoyed it.

flowerbunny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

1.25

marijka's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

illiterateliz's review

Sorry but this books needs severe trigger warnings before anyone gets the chance to read it. Also I found it very anticlimactic and poorly executed

ghost_world's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

The book hides its intentions around the first part, but the story that follows is a sad, frustrating and a very real story of immigrants and women paying an additional price for all their misfortunes.

kirstycreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative

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

3.0

katharines's review against another edition

1.0

I don't think I've ever read a book that felt so disjointed. The two "main" characters were so under developed that I just didn't care about them. So many times I caught myself thinking, "what the hell is she talking about?" Events that could have been gripping and emotional were written about so vaguely that they were boring. I kept hoping the end would justify the slog and it didn't.

petercruz245's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.75

mam22nov's review

4.0

Well written but dark.

ipariszara's review

1.0

*dnf towards the 60% mark*

i'm sorry but to say that i'm thoroughly disappointed is an understatement. this is literally my first dnf of the year and frankly it takes a LOT for me to dnf a book . i was really excited to read this after knowing the premise of it but if i'm being honest i didn't understand *for the lack of better word* shit. i mean like i sort of got where the story was going at the beginning but towards the end it was really hard for me to decipher anything at all.