Reviews

The Strangers by Katherena Vermette

dokidoki's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

readinginthegrey's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.0

This was quite a good book. It picks up quickly after the first one. It follows the person who traumatizes (to put it very lightly) the girl from the first book, as well as her family. 
It never strives to make you forgive her, but it does help you understand her. 
Her family is complex and the book takes you through their history. It doesn't shy away from topics like intergenerational trauma and racism. It also has a lot of hope as well as healing. There are people you'll love and will break your heart and others that will drive you crazy. The end ties things together nicely and I'm interested to see what will happen in the last one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Drug abuse

charlottelance's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

clementina_lima's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

alex_mlynek's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

rbalir's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Katherena Vermette destroying me. Again. Bravo. 

lsparrow's review

3.0

a story of a family - of the women and their journeys and struggles.
I found this book hard to read - more because of the subject matter brought up a lot of feelings in me.
There were a lot of threads of the story that remained unwoven - which I suppose is how things go in life. I think i wanted more of a story. I found the narrative of maggie difficult to accept - i felt it only showed one side and did not feel very complex.

avid_read's review

challenging reflective sad slow-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

3.0

sabw_books's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

ashianajivraj's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25