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A review by pleu
Den stora gruvstrejken by Émile Zola, Émile Zola
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Read this for a school assignment, this translation might not have been the best and that might be part of my experience.
The firsth 1/5th of the book is extremely slow and it feels like it's just page after page of similar looking/sounding names in French and a lot of relations that I had a hard time keeping track of. At one point I believed a character was gay as I mixed up a brother with his sister as their names were almost the same.
But around halfway through this book it got really good! And the last chapters weregood enought I had forgotten about how bad the first chapters were.
The firsth 1/5th of the book is extremely slow and it feels like it's just page after page of similar looking/sounding names in French and a lot of relations that I had a hard time keeping track of. At one point I believed a character was gay as I mixed up a brother with his sister as their names were almost the same.
But around halfway through this book it got really good! And the last chapters weregood enought I had forgotten about how bad the first chapters were.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Police brutality, and Classism