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challenging
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This is a story about three complicated men with very complicated relationships with each other. There is some beautiful writing to be found here but at the same time it’s richness didn’t always contribute to the story: it wasn’t until I was a third in that I started to understand what I was actually reading and I feel like the part after was supposed to be more emotional but the elaborate phrasing made it feel too distant to me. Nevertheless a beautiful study of these characters, especially two of them, so I am glad I stuck with this in the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, and Medical content
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Cancer and Drug use