Reviews tagging 'War'

Un goût de cannelle et d'espoir by Sarah McCoy

2 reviews

fairybadattitude's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-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? Yes

3.0

This was an interesting book to be reading at this current juncture. With storylines in WW2 Germany and at the modern-day Mexican border, much of it feels too familiar. Too many horrors are being perpetrated RIGHT NOW that people experienced and warned us of. Why are we.not getting it?!
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mariamsaidwhat's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

3.75 only for Elsie’s chapters. I couldn’t care less about Reba, and I didn’t believe her relationship at all. I understand the connection being drawn between the evils of unbridled nationalism in the US border patrol and Nazi Germany; however, Reba’s chapters just weren’t interesting, and I wish better justice had been done to the subject of American imperialism and nationalism. 
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