I wasn't expecting it but I was delighted.Īs for the rest of the story, it was a bit, confusing some of the elements put in. However, the polyamorous romance between Csilla, Tamas, and Azriel was some great representation and totally caught me by surprise. If there was, it was so small it was barely noticeable, leaving Csilla looking like a flat character. One could argue that this time was for the reader to get used to her character and see the growth, but there really wasn't growth either. I think that a good portion of the book could have been cut out, as the first one-third was really just Csilla going to work and being followed home. Before that, it had felt like nothing really happened, and the pacing was drastically off. The characters, mainly Csilla, Tamas, and Azriel were the most interesting but only in the last third of the book. "Whoever can protest and does not is responsible for what happens without the protest" (155) As the author says, the protests were very important for history even if they were unsuccessful at the time. While the revolution was unsuccessful, it just showed the strength that people can have in the face of adversity and danger. It was the moment when the Hungarians revolted against the Soviet Communists in power, following the Polish people.
My favorite part of this book was learning more about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, as it's something that hasn't been touched on in any of the history classes I have taken. It wasn't horrible but it also never had me desperately turning to the next page. There were some redeeming qualities about this book that make me put it right in the middle of my rating scale, but overall I felt really meh. It wasn't hard in the sense of the content really, though looking at trigger warnings for that is extremely important, it was just the pacing and the content.
This book was honestly very hard for me to read, and it's supposed to be a young adult book. Thank you Knopf Books for the arc through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!
3/5 stars, this had important history and diversity, but I didn’t know what was going on a lot of the time
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