A review by timol
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay

3.0

I find this a little hard to review because, while I enjoyed listening to it (this is for the Audiobook version), I also found it quite depressing. For the first 2/3 of the book there is no happiness, no light, no humanity! While times were obviously incredibly tough, particularly for the poor, I doubt there wasn't also love and humour despite all the hardships. Yet, the author only shares the horrors (and sometimes it really feels like an actual horror story) experienced by the main characters. And yet, I cared for the characters and I started to be invested in what happens to them. At the moment I'm not sure whether I'll listen to the second book in the series. First, I'll need something a bit more uplifting!