Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Otok nestalih stabala by Elif Shafak

3 reviews

romyreads_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Abandonment

rieviolet's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I did not mind the peculiar narrator, aka the fig tree, but I think that its narration was maybe given a bit too much space at the expense of the human characters. They felt a bit surface level, I would have liked for the author to delve more into their characterizations and relationships.

Also, the final revelation left me a bit perplexed, I was not expecting it and I think that it added an ulterior element of magical realism that felt a bit like too much.

Still, the writing style was really good, maybe just at times it felt a bit overdone, that is overly sentimental for my taste or going a bit overboard with the metaphors.

Overall it was a nice reading experience, that taught me a lot about the natural world and about a time and place that I knew nothing about. 
Also, please give me an entire book on Yiorgos and Yusuf's backstory (*crying in extreme sadness*). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Torture

mimina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexism

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Abortion