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The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

6 reviews

ahsensbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, Drug use, and Death

snwalsh's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

This book is amazing. I loved the voice, and even though I didn't really care about Cyril's life at first, he grew on me. Cyril is a flawed character, that hurts and gets hurt by others, but fundamentally he just wants to live a good life. I think the only thing that gives me pause about this book is all of the "coincidences". I feel like they were just gotcha moments that weren't well thought out, and were ways to bring characters together without having an organic way of putting them together. It felt very passive, and unbelievable, which seemed to be the opposite of the lessons that Cyril learned in his life (not being passive, working for what you want, being transparent, etc). Otherwise it's an incredible book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Murder, Chronic illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

moettel98's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Amazing read, probably one of my top 5 books of all time I absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

koreanlinda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, and Mental illness

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Torture

minxtte's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking