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A review by musicalpopcorn
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This book was hauntingly good. It was short, but painted an intricate picture of the community in which Furlong lived. The willful ignorance, the poverty, all of it was stark in the few pages of this story.
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death of parent