Reviews

Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky

avi_elo's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

maya1011's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

spannend, fesselnd und emotional

malinxzoe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Murder, Animal cruelty, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Classism, Drug use, and Eating disorder

foggy_rosamund's review

3.0

Gripping with very likeable narrator. Good insights into the life of Russian immigrants. But plot doesn't hold together well.

melanieapril's review against another edition

5.0

Two things. 1. It's been a long time since I read a book in German simply "for fun" and not for my studies, and... 2. It's been an even longer time since I read work of contemporary German literature that I so thoroughly enjoyed. Scherbenpark (Broken Glass Park) is a classic coming-of-age story. In the States I bet it would have been marketed (not unwisely) as young adult fiction, whereas here in Germany it has been advertised as Migrationsliteratur. Both categories apply. Although Sascha - the novel's protagonist - is a modern-day, Russian-German immigrant, her first-person narration reminds me a great deal of The Hunger Games' Katniss. Apparently there is already an English translation of the novel, and I would recommend it to anyone.

lears's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

jolaechen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

sunburntghost's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

hannahmejdrich's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

kellylynnthomas's review

4.0

Great story about a Russian immigrant living in Germany and dealing with the murder of her mother. It reads like a translation, but the language works really well with the book's turbulent mood. The ending is pretty much perfect, too.