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misty_kb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia
menomica's review
The book is interesting and cool, i was excited to learn about albanian-serbian relations but Arsim is not only a bad partner but actively physically assaults his wife. I get his whole thing is being forced in the closet, but I feel like you can be a closet case without abusing your wife because she got pregnant because you can’t keep your hands off her (you’re also an f slur who hates her btw.)
Graphic: War
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Misogyny
krobart's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War
thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Racial slurs
hughesie's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Toxic relationship
harrydaylight's review
3.75
As a Kosovo albanian, this book is so fucking difficult to read. I really don’t know what I was expecting when I first started it, but not that.
It’s so incredibly depressing. And the main character is so unbelievably cruel, like I legit don’t have any words for him.
What a dark, dark novel with such a haunting ending.
But it’s written so well, and it was hard to put the book down, even if it upset me at times. There’s something so tangible about the way this story is written, like I could reach out and touch it and know exactly what streets are being described, the people, the feelings, the depression and the awfulness of the war here, the aftermath.
I wish it wasn’t this fucking sad though, but it’s a very realistic book and I can’t take that away from it.
I don’t think I’ll ever reread this, but I’m glad to have read it. I know it’ll stay with me for a long time.
Definitely go through the TWs for this one, it’s so heavy at times.
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death and Vomit
michelsalamouni's review
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and War
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity
julied's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual content
_juriireads_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Excrement
ellatuulia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Animal death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment