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fee_mak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
If you’re looking for a quick read, The Details does the job. A wonderful book about 4 people that’s transformed the main characters life and the way strangers have profound effects on the trajectory of our lives.
I enjoyed especially the way Ia describes feelings and emotions we experience on a day to day in such a moving and detailed manner. These moments are so relatable to the everyday person.
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Rape
jayisreading's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol
Minor: Rape
geertverheyen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Het lijkt een achteloos zinnetje in 'De Details', maar tegelijkertijd de sleutelzin in dit kleinood. De naamloze hoofdpersoon blijft bij vier mensen stilstaan die een rol hebben gespeeld in haar leven, de ene heeft wat nadrukkelijker en langer geflitst dan de ander, maar ze delen één iets: ze zijn uit het leven van de verteller verdwenen, maar hebben een onuitwisbare indruk nagelaten.
Dit boek leest, ondanks de lange zinnen, ontzettend vlot. De kadans maakt dat je niet anders kan dan blijven verder lezen. Pas in het laatste hoofdstuk verandert dat ritme, samen met de toon, en wordt het allemaal wat bedachtzamer en meer ingetogen.
Dit boek doet je ongetwijfeld nadenken over je eigen leven. Over de mensen die er zijn, de mensen die er zijn geweest, de mensen die er niet meer zijn, maar je leven ontegenzeggelijk een bepaalde richting hebben uitgestuurd.
Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
sarahweyand's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
I suppose the problem with writing a book about the minutiae of life is that while it may be beautiful, perhaps it isn't the most memorable topic.
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Alcohol
apthompson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Grief
pandemonicbaby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
as we walk between the stones the years pass sideways around us behind their flimsy curtains. As far as the dead are concerned, chronology has no import and all that matters are the details, the degree of density, this how and what and everything to do with who.
When I was younger I often thought I should travel more and farther, spend more time in foreign countries, that I should be in a constant state of velocity so that I could get out there and truly live, but with time I have come to understand that everything I was looking for was right here, inside of me, inside the things that surround me, in the money jobs that became my actual jobs, in the constancy of the everyday, in the eyes of the people I meet when I allow my gaze to linger.
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Rape, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
This book's last chapter includes a character that suffers from an anxiety disorder throughout her life, caused by a traumatic event in her past (rape).serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic friendship
clairephillips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Incest, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy
pikkumarja's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Rape
thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol