My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I envisioned a tale of a child trying to preserve history and the truth as the world began to disappear around her. Instead, it’s a very grim account of life for normal people under a new rule. Through the eyes of a child, the politics is taken out of the situation and it shows the humanity of different people and how they cope with changing situations. You’ve always a sense of the plot as the narrator wants to let you understand the inevitability of the situation from the very start. Sometimes, the text is to the point, short and cruel; either to hit home a plot development with clarity; to aid translation; or to develop a sense of humour into a situation that you wouldn’t expect. But despite the despair, there’s always the childhood innocence of characters trying to do what’s right or carry on regardless of the regime. And despite knowing about the plot, the reader develops a sense of care towards the characters and wonders how they will react.
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