asourceoffiction's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Russian side of this story was particularly fascinating because I know so little about it, but it was incredibly disturbing to realise how much the Red Army abused their power as liberators of Germany. Assuming that the final part of the trilogy is about the Cold War, I'm intrigued to know more about this side of history.
While I love Follett's writing, this does suffer a little from a man-writing-female-characters perspective. That part of the book hasn't aged well and I did roll my eyes a few times at some of the assumptions made about women.
Graphic: Murder, Rape, Racism, War, Miscarriage, Torture, and Pregnancy
sin_z_ger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Racial slurs
cathy_alice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Medical content, Physical abuse, War, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Genocide, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Racism
leahisdudish's review against another edition
3.0
also the way of writes about boobs gives me the ick. if you borrow my copy you will see REALLY KEN written next to every boob reference
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Antisemitism, War, Sexual violence, Death, and Rape
angi's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Racism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Genocide
Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit and Abortion