Reviews

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

atheys's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

redheadreader73's review against another edition

4.0

Set in Northern Island in the 1970s, this book felt very grim, but very real.

ellenbeattie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

katie_arce's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.5

anneknut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

sarahkivinen's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

safcsue13's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

kaedla's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Loved it. Had a bit of everything in it and there was some things I could see coming and others that caught me by surprise. Amazingly written, I found it hard to put down. 

emilyfeldmesser's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

crtney's review against another edition

2.0

There was a detachment to the writing that left the entire story- the history the book is set in and the affair between an older, married, Protestant man and a young Catholic woman- feeling bland and dispassionate. The affair made no sense to me apart from it being another situation of an older man in a position of power taking advantage of a young woman--although I got no sense that this was what the author was trying to do with the love story. The historical setting doesn't get the attention it deserves, but/and the affair is unremarkable without the setting.