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katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Racism, and Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Racial slurs
Minor: Suicide and Homophobia
sammyb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol and Death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide
Minor: Homophobia and Sexism
deebee223's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, Death, Abandonment, and Infidelity
Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Homophobia
Minor: Suicide and Alcohol
hm000's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Misogyny, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, and Outing
Minor: Homophobia
blumoonie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Suicide and Homophobia
kxtekss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
this book will leave you feeling hollow, will force you to come face to face with everything in your life that you've done right and wrong, as if there can really be a right and a wrong. as the title implies, you'll think of everything these characters never tell each other and think of all the things you should say but couldn't, and the things you did say but didn't mean. this is my second novel by Ng, and I think this might be her specialty. she can create a story that is just so heartbreakingly beautiful.
Ng does a wonderful job of switching between the POVs of various characters, showing us what each person was feeling, how others interpreted it, and the reality of the consequences of their actions. I thought this is what made the book extraordinarily special---you were watching everyone's feelings unfold so fluidly before your eyes, and by the time you find out what happened to Lydia, you realize just how preventable it could have been.
again, it's a sad book, so caution going into it, but I'd suggest. personally, I think Ng might be one of the best contemporary writers out there.
Graphic: Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Racial slurs
Minor: Outing and Homophobia
ptitirodactyle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Homophobia, and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent and Outing
marioosa517's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Racism, and Racial slurs
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
emilo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, and Violence
kbeva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Mental illness