A review by phoebedowling
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

One of my favourites. The only reason why its not 5 stars is because the last section of the book was unnecessarily long, but because I was so invested in the story by then it didn't matter too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Rape, Incest, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship