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A review by sunny_not
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
It was very dark, brutal and hard hitting. I think that you should be in the mind space to read this to be able to read this since the content warnings list is very long. Also the language was very poetic which was nice most of the time but sometimes it made this quite hard to read. Overall a really important piece of literature but I really wished there wouldn't be incest in this...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Incest, Abandonment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia