Reviews

Sasja's wraak by Elly Schippers, Alina Bronsky, Gerrit Bussink

luisasm's review against another edition

3.0

I liked this book far more at the beginning. It lost itself at the end. That being said, I do think Sascha is a good character, as full of cliche teenage angst as she is. At least her angst is relatively justified. In my eyes, the main focus of this book was Sascha's anger. Her actions are defined by anger, and not anger that's hiding other feelings. She is absolutely furious about her life and we don't get to see female characters that often that get to be that angry. So I appreciated that. I also appreciated that there were a lot of supporting characters that seemed real. But then I was disappointed that none of it really seemed to go anywhere. It fizzled out.

marie_gg's review against another edition

3.0

Sascha, the emotionally scarred 17-year-old protagonist of this gritty novel, has two dreams in life: to write a book about her mother and to kill the man who killed her mother and her boyfriend in a blood-drenched murder (in front of her children). It's an impressive first novel and it feels very European urban in nature.

Read my full review here: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2010/10/broken-glass-park-russian-immigrant.html

teresa194's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

kkristina's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

avi_elo's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

maya1011's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

spannend, fesselnd und emotional

malinxzoe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Classism

foggy_rosamund's review against another edition

3.0

Gripping with very likeable narrator. Good insights into the life of Russian immigrants. But plot doesn't hold together well.

melanieapril's review against another edition

5.0

Two things. 1. It's been a long time since I read a book in German simply "for fun" and not for my studies, and... 2. It's been an even longer time since I read work of contemporary German literature that I so thoroughly enjoyed. Scherbenpark (Broken Glass Park) is a classic coming-of-age story. In the States I bet it would have been marketed (not unwisely) as young adult fiction, whereas here in Germany it has been advertised as Migrationsliteratur. Both categories apply. Although Sascha - the novel's protagonist - is a modern-day, Russian-German immigrant, her first-person narration reminds me a great deal of The Hunger Games' Katniss. Apparently there is already an English translation of the novel, and I would recommend it to anyone.

lears's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0