A review by ladymirtazapine
The Promise by Damon Galgut

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The ideas were much better than the execution. The first chapter, a quarter of the book, was barely readable, the second was brilliant, the other two were fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail