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ellegraf'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? It's complicated
3.75
Glory describes the events surrounding the 2018 Zimbabwe election using animals rather than people; using animals provided distance for those close to the violence and made it accessible for those who didn't know this piece of history, while pulling back the veil every once in a while to remind you that these events happened to real people.
Literary, heartbreaking, & hopeful.
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Suicide and Rape
indiahollym'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? It's complicated
4.0
- Her writing is immense: tongue n cheek, emotive, skillful, colourful. She gives real character to each and every voice in the story basically just using their dialogue and very little else. P wicked
- Inspired me into pursuit of learning about Zimbabwe’s history instead of being intimidated by what I didn’t know
- Some absolutely gutting moments with my heart in my throat
Moderate: Genocide, Rape, War, Police brutality, and Gun violence
toniamarieparker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Death of parent, Rape, Colonisation, Death, War, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Racism
Moderate: Genocide and Kidnapping
oddity123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Torture, Police brutality, Colonisation, Rape, and War
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Suicide
sterregeertsema's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Moderate: Rape, Gun violence, and War
kers_tin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Classism, Colonisation, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Animal death
lola_sky's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Rape
luise96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Misogyny, Genocide, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
faduma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking
eliodelio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.75
i found the first half of the book quite slow, i think because it was more focused on the dictator and his inner circle and how they were ruling the country rather than the ordinary citizens of the nation and their struggles, which is what the second half was more about. it was interesting to imagine the behind-the-scenes of a dictatorship too, though; i've always wondered how they rationalise their actions and this helped understand it a bit better. in the second half the plot focuses more on a specific character and the people around her, all of them ordinary citizens in a village, as well as on the brewing revolution.
some things i wasnt a fan of: chapters showing public sentiment through tweets. it was a bit corny. im not really familiar with african twitter but to me the writing style didnt feel super authentic and it seemed like kind of a forced way to show conflicting opinions on politics etc among the citizens (as well as those who had left the country). i understood what the author was trying to do but i wasnt that satisfied with the execution.
kind of a small detail but it kept bugging me whenever it came up - race is a topic in this book, they often bring up how they are a black nation ruled by black people etc since they became independent from the white colonisers. what was never made clear though was how race works among animals - do the "black people" all have black fur? that doesnt really make sense to me. what race are orange cats? or ur classic black and white cows? or was the point just to illustrate the absurdity of race as a social construct? either way i feel like it could have been more clear.
other than that i did quite enjoy the book, it gave a lot of insight into how political systems often function outside of the imperial core and it was especially spooky reading it this close to the turkish elections.
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, and Murder