kateofmind 's review for:

Juja by Nino Haratischwili

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Some of the saddest, neediest and most brutally self-revealing characters I've yet encountered in fiction, and some of the most angry and violent fucking I've read since... I don't know when. Even the pathetic little maybe happy outcomes for one or two of these people are pretty bleak. So it's almost a parody of High Romantic lit. All that's missing is some gnashing teeth and maybe a ghost!