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beehan__'s review
challenging
informative
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
sarahvernall's review against another edition
5.0
A work of almost perfection, both as an example of the novel form and as an exploration of how sustained poverty and desperation drag people down and degrade them, on both a community and individual level. If Jocelyn Chadwick seems a little cartoonish as a villain, then Mary Gleeson Kilmartin is a beautifully nuanced and developed protagonist. The definitive famine novel.
tay_af's review against another edition
3.0
Very powerful and interesting, although I found the characters flat and erratic in terms of their characterization. Looking forward to writing on it though!
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