Reviews

Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee

gabsinthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad 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? No

4.0

esthernicol77's review against another edition

3.0

Kinda weirdly enjoyed this book way more than i thought, even though it was a required read. It's definitely something i wouldn't normally pickup but ended up really enjoying.

hersafehaven_'s review against another edition

2.0

every afrikaans book is always filled with some sort of repressed sexual frustration, jirre.

kilonshele's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

gensjunia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

heavy-handed symbolism was decently effective but i cannot stress enough that this would've been better without the

Spoiler

incredibly unnecessary incest

nintrixa's review

4.0

I was required to read this book for school. It's very different from what I usually read but this book is a weird kind of great.

hannahduff's review

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Incest, and Child abuse

johan_botha69's review against another edition

adventurous sad 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

3.25

toto_tosino's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

gadhar's review

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0