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A review by hrhacissej
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Racism
Storygraph suggested this book to me, but I didn't decide to read it until I started a Book Bingo Challenge that had a square for a Story set in New Zealand. I'm glad that I read it and will probably be more inclined to read other Storygraph suggestions. ;-)
I found the structure of the story as interesting as the story itself, but the planetary charts were incomprehensible to me despite the author's note at the beginning. I'm interested in watching the miniseries now.