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A review by sarrie
The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
TL;DR: Absolutely not. I don't like baby murderers.
I really wish I could make a joke about this book and why I didn’t like it but I really can’t. This is going to be a quick and choppy review because for me this deserves nothing more. So here we go.
Clearly a debut, this book has a lot of familiar problems. Chunky prose, bad editing (I’m sorry, the descriptions and word choices were rough), and poor characters. I could have mostly ignored that, not actively disliked the book.
What got me was the casual murders of women and babies. As a person who has lost children. I find this deeply upsetting and the idea that at any point we’re supposed to like or even empathize with this character? Absolutely not. Nothing like having the trauma of holding your own deceased children in your arms and having to be reminded of it when it’s casually dropped as a plot device in a book.
A lot of people have liked this book, and a lot of people (probably even more than liked it) have pointed out a lot of flaws. I encourage you to read reviews if you have interest in it. Personally I do not recommend it and don’t even want to be reminded it exists.
1 pissed off parent out of 5
I really wish I could make a joke about this book and why I didn’t like it but I really can’t. This is going to be a quick and choppy review because for me this deserves nothing more. So here we go.
Clearly a debut, this book has a lot of familiar problems. Chunky prose, bad editing (I’m sorry, the descriptions and word choices were rough), and poor characters. I could have mostly ignored that, not actively disliked the book.
What got me was the casual murders of women and babies. As a person who has lost children. I find this deeply upsetting and the idea that at any point we’re supposed to like or even empathize with this character? Absolutely not. Nothing like having the trauma of holding your own deceased children in your arms and having to be reminded of it when it’s casually dropped as a plot device in a book.
A lot of people have liked this book, and a lot of people (probably even more than liked it) have pointed out a lot of flaws. I encourage you to read reviews if you have interest in it. Personally I do not recommend it and don’t even want to be reminded it exists.
1 pissed off parent out of 5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Murder, Child death, Racism, and Child abuse