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madelena_n's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence
Minor: Colonisation
alicew's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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
5.0
rouge_red's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This book is about shitty guys and the women/girls (sometimes also men)who patiently endure them. The book was really intriguing in the different ways we deal with trauma- it's mostly perpetrated by men (a lot times by fathers) and the effect that has on the various women in the story. It's interesting to see how women are portrayed- as subservient, forbidden to enter certain spaces (much less seen during important events), as something to be "taken", etc. It's no wonder Kulumani is spoken of as a terrible place separate from the world full of no one and how that relates to the women who are killed. Because why not if the women were no longer alive or happy? So many times I wanted an actual lioness to bust in the room and carry away a useless man in her jaws. The resolution isn't exactly happy, but we see at least one woman, Mariamar, who is able to escape the cycle of abuse.
somojones's review against another edition
3.0
Confusing full of mystical beliefs. Everyone confesses to being a lion or lioness. I didn't get the meaning of that. At the end when Mariamar emerges for Archie to take with him she is described as a young girl. In an earlier part of the book she's 32 not a young girl, very confusing. I guess the diary contained confessions of a 32 year old Mariamar where as she's really just a young child.
_jmperfeito_'s review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
musicalpopcorn's review against another edition
2.0
When lions are attacking the women of an isolated village, a hunter is called in to deal with the problem, but upon arrival learns the problem is so much more than lions. I just couldn’t get into this book. I think the characters were just far too emotional and it relied on symbolism that was so heavy handed, it just kept slapping the reader in the face.
romcsa's review against another edition
3.0
Bohužiaľ opäť raz sa mi potvrdilo, že magický realizmus nie je moja šálka kávy.
mel1n's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
juliacosta's review
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5