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Vera, or Faith: A Novel
by Gary Shteyngart
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is my first venture into Gary Shteyngart's work and now I have some books to add to my TBR.
This book was actually suggested to me by an arc reader. I wasn't prepared for how unsettled I would be by Vera's near future world. The path from our world to Vera's is disturbingly easy to follow.
It's been a very long time since I have been a way too grown up 10 year old but I feel like Gary did a very effective job. I wouldn't suggest reading this if you've been recently struggling with anxious, spiraling thoughts and catastrophizing as the reader is brought along in Vera's. The thought spirals and anxiety felt very familiar as a former parentified child.
I think a child as an unreliable narrator is a great choice. We're so enmeshed into her world view, fears, and what she thinks is going on that it's hard to be sure of what is her perception and what is how reality actually is.
This book is one that I easily see myself rereading.
*Thanks to NetGalley for an arc copy
This book was actually suggested to me by an arc reader. I wasn't prepared for how unsettled I would be by Vera's near future world. The path from our world to Vera's is disturbingly easy to follow.
It's been a very long time since I have been a way too grown up 10 year old but I feel like Gary did a very effective job. I wouldn't suggest reading this if you've been recently struggling with anxious, spiraling thoughts and catastrophizing as the reader is brought along in Vera's. The thought spirals and anxiety felt very familiar as a former parentified child.
I think a child as an unreliable narrator is a great choice. We're so enmeshed into her world view, fears, and what she thinks is going on that it's hard to be sure of what is her perception and what is how reality actually is.
This book is one that I easily see myself rereading.
*Thanks to NetGalley for an arc copy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder
Moderate: Death, Violence, Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent