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A review by sammy234
Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen
5.0
I'm somewhat resentfully giving this book five stars. I don't like the way any of it ended, I'm incredibly sad, and I feel so misled because the summary leads you to believe this will be some sort of sweeping love story (it's not, it's a tragedy in the same way Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy), but despite all that.... it was brilliant. It deserves the highest rating I can give it.
I was skeptical when I saw this book being compared to Gone with the Wind, but after finishing TAGD I completely understand why it reminds people of that classic. I'm going to read the sequel soon, but I need to take a break and read something light and happy before I immerse myself back in this world. I never thought I'd find a novel more depressing than A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, but I was very wrong.
TW: attempted assault, suicide, child abuse, racism
I was skeptical when I saw this book being compared to Gone with the Wind, but after finishing TAGD I completely understand why it reminds people of that classic. I'm going to read the sequel soon, but I need to take a break and read something light and happy before I immerse myself back in this world. I never thought I'd find a novel more depressing than A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, but I was very wrong.
TW: attempted assault, suicide, child abuse, racism