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It was a little hard to follow the Estonian politics - not super-hard, but more context would've been helpful. I didn't really like the main character, Aliide, and the other characters were not very developed.
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Bleak - especially the parts concerning young Aliide in late 1940s/early 1950s. A month ago, I finished a history of about postwar Europe that provided good context for this novel. The narrative about Zara, the younger character, gets graphic regarding sexual violence / trafficking. But that is balanced by the narrative of Zara at Aliide’s House. The last part of the novel consists of reports which I found less interesting than the parts that came before it. All that said, I am glad I read it si
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