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jeslis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
- Extraordinarily clever writing, absolutely top notch of the books I've ever read before. Returning to previous sentences and motifs in a new context to add layers of meaning was mind-blowing to read.
- Quite slow paced, I felt like every time I read 20 pages I lived about 500 lifetimes. And yet the effect definitely matched the book really well, I just prefer faster paced books to read in general.
- Overall just extremely clever and emotive — speaks volumes to the writing talent.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Incest
r0ry_'s review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Incest porn is not my thing tbh.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality
ppp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Classism, Pedophilia, and Racism
Minor: Incest
leoniefnk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Child death, Sexual violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, and Police brutality
Minor: Cursing, Car accident, War, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
hannah_cogo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest
apintch's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
kibiiiariii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Rape, Death, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy
stephward94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder
jellyparfum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Hate crime, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Gore, Incest, Abandonment, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual violence
chilu_esquivel08's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"Su madre la quería un poco menos."
"No era joven ni vieja, pero tenía una edad en que la muerte ya era un hecho posible."
"Pero, ¿qué puede decirse? Sólo que hubo lágrimas."
Fue una mala y buena idea leer este libro en conjunto con El cielo de piedra de N.K. Jemisin. Si Jemisin se metió en mi mente, Arundhati Roy se metió en mi corazón.
Desde antes ya tenía presente que esta novela toca temas sensibles y un tanto fuertes, pero lo que no me esperaba (y hubiera deseado que alguien me lo dijera), es que tuviera una gran cantidad de abuso emocional y verbal en sus páginas; no lo veo como un defecto, sin embargo son temas que me afectan un poco más personalmente y que me recuerdan a algunas cosillas no tan bonitas.
Fuera de eso. Wow.
Debo ser honesta, la pasé mal leyendo esto, pero al mismo tiempo no pude parar de leer; esta historia me absorbió completamente y me marcó bastante. He leído varias reseñas que dicen que la forma en la que está escrita esta novela es bastante confusa y hasta mal hecha, yo la verdad estoy en desacuerdo, personalmente en ningún momento me molestó, la forma metafórica, descriptiva y poética para este tipo de historia es tan... correcta (?).
Como dice el título, esta novela trata sobre las Pequeñas Cosas y cómo estas afectan en las Grandes Cosas; se entrelazan mucho a lo largo de toda la historia, van de aquí a allá y desencadenan en algo a medida que avanza la historia; y lo mismo pasa al revés, las Grandes Cosas afectan a las Pequeñas Cosas y pueden terminar en tragedia.
Ha sido la primera novela que he leído que se desarrolla en India, es interesante ver cómo la colonización y el sistema de castas perduran hasta el día de hoy, creo que es bastante similar a lo que aún ocurre aquí en México, se presenta de una manera muy muy sutil cómo se les da preferencia a ciertas razas y ciertas costumbres mientras se discriminan a otras.
¿Es un buen libro? Sí. ¿Ha sido uno de los mejores que he leído en mi vida? No lo sé, tengo tantos sentimientos entrelazados dentro de mí y necesito procesarlos. ¿Se los recomiendo? Claro que sí, aunque al igual que con La quinta estación, no es un libro para pasar un buen rato, pero de una manera u otra los marcará y les hará ver la historia de India.
Ahora si me permiten, iré a descansar mi corazón, que lo necesito bastante.
Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism