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morgangd's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-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? Yes
4.5
Specific yet relatable, historic yet modern, it feels like a story only for Moses, a man at the heart of his community of beautifully realised flawed people (not great for women, shockingly for a 1950s novel), yet a story for anyone who's experienced this beautiful, living, lonely city.
"He could see a great aimlessness, a great restless, swaying movement that leaving you standing in the same spot."
"He could see a great aimlessness, a great restless, swaying movement that leaving you standing in the same spot."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism