onemango 's review for:

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

4.5

informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I'm sure that reading this book right now in history (March 2025) for the first time is important in a different sort of way that reading it upon publication would have been. Seeing the political themes that impact the characters' lives being repeated in real life modern day, such as hate, paranoia and suspicion, intolerance really made an impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Colonisation

Fascism, Communism (and fear of Communism), Government corruption, Intolerance.