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thenoboshow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Chronic illness, Confinement, Excrement, Sexual violence, Ableism, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Sexism
Moderate: Misogyny, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity
aritammarques's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
As always I love Saramago's characteristic writing style were the dialogue seems to lull you with it's rhythm and where a focused and intuitive reader needs not many explanations to know who's talking or how the action is unfolding.
Maybe it's because I share the writer's nationality but he's novels era always imprinted with such a familiarity that sceneries don't need very much describing for me to be able to picture them in my mind. And the way he uses common sense phrases either in the dialogue or in the descriptions always makes me chuckle.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Vomit, Violence, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Cursing, and Confinement
okjuls's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Sexual content, and Ableism
Moderate: Blood, Death, and Cursing
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment