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The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

blazenaat's review against another edition

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

4.0

sofiasierra's review against another edition

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5.0

So short, yet so powerful and tragic.

krystlocity's review against another edition

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3.0

I didn't know how to rate this. It's powerful, but...it's so sad. It's so depressing and just...despair. It trapped you in despair. It's not enjoyable, even if it's written so well. I need to shake it off.

xpaiged's review against another edition

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4.0

Such a unique piece of Holocaust literature. Very brief but very powerful and easy to read.

sebastiandabookreader's review

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dark sad tense

4.5

Quite good.

thedailymoze's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

cherylph's review against another edition

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4.0

Wow, just wow. The opening story about the shawl alone will suck you into this story. It's historical fiction in a sense, but the story it tells in a thin, thin volume packs a big punch.

sylviruk's review against another edition

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5.0

A tiny-huge book. Both The Shawl and Rosa are a must to understand the means of survival.

lwspotts's review against another edition

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3.0

This book includes The Shawl (a short story) and Rosa (a novella). The Shawl was a wrenching story, and as such I had a hard time listening to it. Rosa was much more interesting, but it had a fairly abrupt ending that seemed to leave the reader hanging, although it is perfectly set up for a continuation of the story at some point.

bputnam's review against another edition

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4.0

Poetic, powerful and disturbing. More so after having just visited a concentration camp.