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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really really liked this and felt it was a good interpretation of what went on during the Kosovo war, a period nobody talks about. The only thing that kept me from really enjoying it was the main character was insufferable.
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
challenging
dark
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault
Minor: Ableism, Incest, Racial slurs
Booooolla,
what a wonderful word, what an unusual creature tearing at the seams of the book and maybe even the human experience, what a lacerating story.
The word lacerating I read in a review and it just fits the churning and evolving plot to a T.
Someone else described it as a book similar to call me by your name but here I would disagree. You get the basic idea of the plot but the thing that made this book so special is that is just kept going. It was one "story" but it felt like story after story after story was unfolding, was pushing the reader deeper into the ravine, a fissure that turns out to be more closely related to a void than a rift.
But at the same time it has this energy to it, there is no utter despair because the main character always pushes on, does something, lives with it and on it goes. A very lifelike experience in that regard.
During the time Arsim's wife was present, Ajshe was my little main character. She unfolded in my mind and could have been a novel on her own.
To get back to the beginning, I love the lesson in Albanian mythology. The story is beautiful and interesting but relating or trying to relate it to the story was both infuriating and invigorating.
Good stuff!
what a wonderful word, what an unusual creature tearing at the seams of the book and maybe even the human experience, what a lacerating story.
The word lacerating I read in a review and it just fits the churning and evolving plot to a T.
Someone else described it as a book similar to call me by your name but here I would disagree. You get the basic idea of the plot but the thing that made this book so special is that is just kept going. It was one "story" but it felt like story after story after story was unfolding, was pushing the reader deeper into the ravine, a fissure that turns out to be more closely related to a void than a rift.
But at the same time it has this energy to it, there is no utter despair because the main character always pushes on, does something, lives with it and on it goes. A very lifelike experience in that regard.
During the time Arsim's wife was present, Ajshe was my little main character. She unfolded in my mind and could have been a novel on her own.
To get back to the beginning, I love the lesson in Albanian mythology. The story is beautiful and interesting but relating or trying to relate it to the story was both infuriating and invigorating.
Good stuff!
challenging
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 Stars. I saw a review that said "I had a good miserable time with this book" and thought "yes, that exactly." It's hard to say I enjoyed this book, because it isn't really enjoyable. It's miserable in a way I can only read about in books from my very safe life. I hated the narrator so very much, but that didn't make his any less of a compelling story.
fast-paced