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The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld
3.5
challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Historic
Rating and review from notebook
 
- Place in history is weird and hard to remember
- Very honest exploration of children's sexualities 
- Narration feels genuinely childlike rather than childish
- Unreliable narrator 
- Confusing time jumps
- Sad ambiguous ending with lots of unanswered questions
- Traumatic and disturbed but in a way that felt authentic and relatable
 

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