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jinxlerai's review against another edition
2.0
The writing is quite good, but my goodness are the characters unlikable. The only one I admired was Annabella. The relationships between the four main characters (mother, dad, son, and son's self-defense teacher who becomes a family friend) were depressingly unhealthy and stifled. The narrator doesn't trust her husband, can't talk to her son, and starts off disliking the self-defense teacher but then does a sudden, inexplicable 180 and spontaneously cheats on her husband with him (with almost no build-up to this at all) . I got so infuriated by the narrator's inability to relate to anyone in her life in a positive or healthy way that, by the end of the book, I had given up my attempts at emotional investment and just didn't care what became of anyone anymore.
kmulliki's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
sararead's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Read for a book club. Thought it was interesting but a little all over the place. Didn't like the affair in the 3rd act though I suppose it didn't come as a total surprise so there's that. Will be interesting topic to see who people think the murderer is
mdpenguin's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The beginning of this novel turned me off a little because it felt heavy handed with the foreshadowing, but I found that, taken in whole, it made sense and worked. The conflicting emotions, the stresses, and the general feeling of helplessness that Lilach tried to push through were more intense for me than the moments where there was worry about violence. It was such an effective portrait of the fear and emotional complexity of being an outsider that even when I didn't relate to what was going on, I was still strongly affected by it.
milamoon's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Un libro che piano piano decolla.
Fino a metà credi di conoscere già tutto, di saperne più dei protagonisti e della scrittrice. Poi ti ricredi. Poi ancora una volta.
Un climax sottile e inconsueto mi porta a dare quasi 4 stelle ad un romanzo che altrimenti sarebbe stato semplicemente" uno dei tanti" buoni romanzi.
Fino a metà credi di conoscere già tutto, di saperne più dei protagonisti e della scrittrice. Poi ti ricredi. Poi ancora una volta.
Un climax sottile e inconsueto mi porta a dare quasi 4 stelle ad un romanzo che altrimenti sarebbe stato semplicemente" uno dei tanti" buoni romanzi.
tschonfeld's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
4.0