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Wierzyliśmy jak nikt by Rebecca Makkai

13 reviews

scarlett4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

howwoolatthemoon's review against another edition

5.0

Ooooooof this book is so compelling and absolutely heartbreaking all at the same time. It's two timelines, popping back and forth, intertwined - the present, and Chicago in the 80s. Makkai figures out how to reveal things in the right order, despite the timeline changes, and make it all feel so natural. I would recommend this book to anybody and everybody - except those who had to live through this particular time in history - it's about a friend group made up of mostly gay men living through the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. And by "had to live through this time," I don't mean those who were merely alive at the time it happened. I mean those who were IN it, and anyone who has lived as gay man in the years since. It's beyond tragic how many lives were lost, and how many ways these men were made to feel like garbage. I lived in this time, as a child, in the 80s. I vaguely knew some about AIDS at the time. This book hooked me from the start with great storytelling, and really opened my eyes to the details of day to day life and death (although that's not the only topic it covers).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol

gagne's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infidelity and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy