A review by xoopa
The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

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

2.5

This book talks about shared grief and personal and religious guilt from the point of a view of a pre teen girl. It’s a beautifully written book and quite poignant at times. But all of this is overwhelmingly drowned out by the amount of graphic details of animal and sexual cruelty and references. 
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