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heidirgorecki 's review for:
Broken Country
by Clare Leslie Hall
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I realize I’m in the limited minority with this one but I really disliked the book and honestly it just made me angry the entire time. I will, however, say that the writing was excellent, but the basis of the whole book was either about or revolving around Beth’s infidelity, as she burned down everything around her with her selfish decisions.
Instead of the old adage of death by a thousand cuts, it was infidelity by a thousand decisions. Appropriate and thought provoking in its accuracy, and while I appreciated that it didn’t really sugar coat that, I also had no desire to watch it happen. For the whole book. Nor did I like that Beth’s attitude was essentially that while it was awful, and destroyed everyone around her, it was also inevitable. Actually no, it’s not. Back to those pesky little decisions…
Instead of the old adage of death by a thousand cuts, it was infidelity by a thousand decisions. Appropriate and thought provoking in its accuracy, and while I appreciated that it didn’t really sugar coat that, I also had no desire to watch it happen. For the whole book. Nor did I like that Beth’s attitude was essentially that while it was awful, and destroyed everyone around her, it was also inevitable. Actually no, it’s not. Back to those pesky little decisions…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content