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Binas historia

Maja Lunde, Lotta Eklund

3.66 AVERAGE

katie_garfield's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

elizaaabeth's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

digitalnomadgirl's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

kanesuke's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

eggcellent_reads's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mathildur's review against another edition

3.0

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Rating: 3,5 stars.

I was expecting a bit more dystopia from this. Instead, because of how the book is split between three stories, it feels like we get 1/3 dystopia and 2/3 pure historical fiction. I was also hoping it would pack more of a punch, or leave a lasting impression, but it sadly feels very forgettable. It was enjoyable reading though, I have never minded character-driven stories and so this wasn't difficult to pick up and keep reading! I enjoyed how the three stories worked both individually and as a whole, and I liked the ending. It just didn't do as much as I was hoping for.

technicolour's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tantealex's review against another edition

3.75

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

caseythecanadianlesbrarian's review against another edition

1.0

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I could barely get through this (I forced myself since it's for the book club I run at work). I just found it dull. I couldn't connect with any characters and the writing felt flat and unemotional. I've felt similarly about other translations; I'm not sure if this is a product of translation itself (the translation is lacking something the original has), or if European fiction has more of a tendency to be written that way in the first place.

lil_billie's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No