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148 reviews for:

Four Minutes

Nataliya Deleva

3.86 AVERAGE

csteele's review

4.75

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

townofherons's review

0.25

slow-paced

DNF - depressing

Content Warnings

lah123's review

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mouhy's review

5.0

Another one of these small novels written with piercing clarity that pack a big punch. Reminded me of Hurricane Season in places with its unflinching brutality.

josephine_savard's review

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmacarina's review

3.0

3.5/5

Very well written and translated. Also very heavy topics. I struggled to get through this one despite the high quality writing.

lauren_eggyolk's review

4.25

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

misha_ali's review against another edition

3.0

I appreciate the concept behind this novel: that staring into another person's eyes (perspective) for four minutes will create empathy for them. There is a narrative thread for an unnamed protagonist who lives in a home with many other abandoned or orphaned children and how this created both an enduring bond with her and her friend turned lover from the home, and then how it leads her to provide the sense of connection and love from an adult for other children like her when she is an adult. This narrative thread is interesting and touching.

The rest of the shorter chapters are various people's lives at a glimpse that can be read in four minutes to give us an idea of their lives. Personally, I found this a bit jarring because we abruptly go from being deep within the unnamed protagonist's story to a different person in the city.

kquirke's review

DID NOT FINISH: 58%

Almost every page is horrible things happening to people, mostly kids, and I can’t deal.

passportsandpaperbacks's review

3.75

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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