Reviews

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

tamsenreed's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

reginamea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense 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

4.0

georgiahi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I enjoyed both the characters and the writing here, I actually wish it had been a bit longer and more fleshed out.

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Silvie and her parents are participating in an Iron Age reenactment with a professor and three students. Her dad is a cringey racist and misogynist piece of shit who hits his wife and daughter. Silvie and her mom are too afraid to stand up to him because he is loud and obnoxious. It is very obvious that to her dad (forgot his name), the reenactment is really an attempt to live out his pathetic fantasy in which there are no immigrants and women are there merely to cook and clean, especially when he and the professor make a ghost wall out of rabbit and cow skulls to keep out their imaginary enemies. This entire book is clearly a huge middle finger to Brexit and I love it so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Classism

sbhumphreys's review against another edition

5.0

Absolutely terrible. Beautifully written. Rarely do I read a novella that feels like it was meant to be a novella. The story is simple, which I feel highlights the brutality of it. There’s a lot to be read into here with imagery of running water, leather, walls, bogs, and ghosts. (Probably more than that too.)

There are some lovely reviews here of people making excellent observations about feminism, toxic masculinity, romanticizing the past, and even Brexit. The writing style was a bit hard to read at times since dialogue is not in quotations or separated out, but in this text it actually becomes a strength of the writing style.

Please check content warnings.

bonemade's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

dhall58's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-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

5.0

voidstamps's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

kasvi_mavani's review against another edition

uhh i do not know how to feel... review to come.

hashbrownhedgehog's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse