Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Dust That Falls from Dreams by Louis de Bernières

1 review

cassie7e's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.5

An incredibly long slow book. Equal parts romantic and tragic, on both grand and personal scales. Not riveting plotwise, and some of the characters were at times insufferable, but overall the story was pleasant and had many wonderful small detailed moments.
Pleasantly surprised by brief queer rep. And the audio narrator did a wonderfully smooth job w the accents!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Death, War, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Misogyny, Child death, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Infidelity