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    Giant

    Edna Ferber

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    When larger-than-life cattle rancher Jordan Bick Benedict arrives at the family home of sharp-witted...

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ClareR (5991 KP) rated The Final Strife in Books

Sep 13, 2025  
The Final Strife
The Final Strife
Saara El-Arifi | 2022 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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The Final Strife was a High Fantasy novel that I couldn’t put down!

The main character, a Chosen One, misses out on her calling because of a drug addiction. There’s also great deprivation because of the social hierarchy in this world. It’s a caste system based on the colour of a persons blood.

There are themes of oppression, class, division, poverty and addiction. There’s a Trans main character (and others besides), and this isn’t a society that is prejudiced against LGBTQ+ people, in fact there’s support for those who want to transition. Women hold positions of great power in government and on the battlefield - and they’re just as able as their male counterparts. Often better.

This is a chunky book and a fast read regardless of that. I’m really looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy.
  
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ClareR (5991 KP) rated There There in Books

Mar 2, 2019  
There There
There There
Tommy Orange | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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A fascinating insight
This novel is written to show us the reader that Native Americans don't all follow the stereotype that we have grown up with. Certainly, there are Native Americans on reservations, but they also live in cities and have lives that are more familiar to non-Native Americans.
This book is set in Oakland in the lead up to a pow wow. It's told from multiple points of view, tells of different lives, and the modern struggles of Indians living in cities (poverty, drug and alcohol addiction and finding their identity).
This book was so well written - it was very in depth, but was easy to read, meaning that I read it far too quickly. I really enjoyed the windows in to these peoples lives. The dramatic finale of the book had my heart in my mouth throughout.
Well worthy of all the praise it's had, in my opinion.