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A review by sophee_568
Asylum Road by Olivia Sudjic
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Absolutely unhinged. This is an amalgamation of Catch the Rabbit (Bastašić), and Animal (Taddeo). Lack of quatation marks for dialogue à la Sally Rooney. Heartbreaking, haunting and riveting. A difficult read which filled me with dread but I could not put it down. This book tackles the trauma of going through a civil war, and how escaping the past does not grant a recovery. I may be biased with my star rating because I am from Bosnia, where some of the plot takes place.
I underlined a lot of the quotes.
I underlined a lot of the quotes.
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Xenophobia and War