readingrara 's review for:

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

4.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A man has awful sexual relations and is disgraced (hence title) yet does not seem to connect the dots when his daughter is raped. The reader notes say this is a book about South Africa post-apartheid but that seemed secondary to me.