Reviews - Lupanarul | The StoryGraph

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Lupanarul

Elodie Harper

4.06 AVERAGE

coonford's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

evelynesc12's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Interesting and complex characters. Touches on the dehumanization of slavery. Favorite aspect is the women’s relationships and how they are affected by their social status.

alclark's review against another edition

2.75

I’m really torn on whether I enjoyed this book or not. I was warned it’s a “slow burn”, but it never took off for me. The pace plods along slowly and even action scenes feel anti-climatic. My biggest critique would be her writing style - it’s just not my taste; she holds the reader’s hand and explains every detail instead of showing. Overall, I found this juvenile and struggled to let go of that judgment to fully get immersed in the story. I appreciated the ~one~ intriguing through-line of female sex workers subverting patriarchal power. However, her language made potentially insightful commentary feel clunky. I don’t think I’ll finish the series; I’m just not interested enough in finding out what happens to these characters.

skrivensky's review against another edition

3.0

3.5- I might have to sit on this rating. Not for the faint of heart, this story is an excruciatingly close look at the lives of brothel women in Pompeii. Well written, but so heavily character based there wasn’t a lot of plot. I feel like I didn’t *enjoy* reading it? But maybe I did?