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arayo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and Deportation
Minor: Domestic abuse and War
mobooks_mojoy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Colonisation
laura_cat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Classism
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and War
Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content
hollyd19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
The structure of this novel is creative with sections delineated by relational groupings (daughters, sisters, lovers, etc). The story goes back and forth from the 50s until nearly present day, converging to bring the whole story into focus. The writing is truly exceptional. Several passages bowled be over with poetic, insistent prose determined to scrub away grit from a window and reveal beyond wise, hard-earned truths.
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment
Minor: Pregnancy and Deportation
internationalreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Moderate: Sexual content
sarah984's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Deportation
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I didn't love all the perspectives equally and found myself yearning to be back in the minds of a couple of our characters when I was reading about someone elsewhere. Jumping around in the timeline didn't work for me.
Actually, if I'm being honest, the story itself didn't stick with me a whole lot. It was those characters and the content regarding Tibetan culture that I remember best about the novel. The biting critique of white westerners' fascination and appropriation of Tibetan culture without a care for the Free Tibet movement. Especially in the art world where culturally sacred artefacts are taken from their homelands and denied repatriation.
Beautiful writing and beautiful message. I can see why it's making waves in the litfic world.
Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail