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domina_comas's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
En un mundo distópico una madre y su hijo sobreviven en medio de la nada gracias a los libros: primero por aquellos que les han enseñado las destrezas necesarias para autoabastecerse; después para nutrirse de algo más que alimentos, de su lengua, el galés, y de sus historias, necesarias para comprenderse en un mundo en el que nada se parece a lo que había antes del Final.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, and Grief
caroline_norrish's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-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
4.75
Graphic: Animal death and Child death
Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
iliveinletters's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-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
Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Vomit
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
In modern Wales, a nuclear disaster brings about the End—a young mother and son are among the only survivors. Isolated in the countryside, they continue living in their house without electricity or running water, taking supplies from other homes as needs arise, learning to self-sustain. Through the eyes of a curious child and a hardened adult, they chronicle their days in the Blue Book of Nebo, a found notebook. As they struggle to live with the effects of the disaster, they also work to learn and preserve the Welsh language among only animal omens. This short, searing tale has arrived in English at an eerily relevant time.
Graphic: Animal death and Blood
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy
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