pickI don‘t know if I even have words to describe this one. It sickened me, broke my heart, and is generally overall hopeless. Arsim is one of the most unredeemable characters I‘ve ever read. The story of how he meets, falls in love, and cares for Milos starts so promising. But he is married, has a child on the way, and is Albanian and Milos is a Serb. The war will tear them apart, but they do that on their own. Homophobia, war, ⬇️⬇️
LaraReads and self-loathing lay ahead. The story is intertwined with the Albanian folklore of the Bolla, a demonic serpentine dragon who is only free to roam the world one day a year, when it will devour anyone in its path. And it is what these two men become. 14mo
LaraReads Arsim in the way that he destroys anyone and everyone who has ever cared for him, and Milos in the way that Arsim and his war experiences break his soul and lock him away in his own mind. It is a devastating story that breaks everything in me. 14mo
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LeeRHarry I read this one last year - ultimately the sick feeling I had throughout made me struggle to finish it. 14mo
LaraReads @LeeRHarry it was a complete struggle! I alternated listening & reading, and the narrator for Milos broke my heart. The narrator for Arsim made me want to throw up. 14mo
LaraReads @LeeRHarry I stuck with it for the importance of a book that talks about how homophobia and war destroy so much, but it was very tough. 14mo
Librarybelle Great review! 14mo
BarbaraBB What a terrific review 14mo
Cinfhen Sounds really rough 😥 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress! 14mo
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