Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

2 reviews

srm's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What an absolutely charming and weird (and nearly impossible to describe) little book!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

madamelacy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Story set in post-Soviet Ukraine. Viktor is employed to write obituaries but his subjects die at an alarming rate. He forms a pseudo family with a penguin, child who’s been entrusted into his care and the childminder. 

A surreal story which was an enjoyable if mystifying read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury