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iriwindel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: War, Death, Gore, Abortion, Suicide, Blood, and Infidelity
Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Violence, and Medical content
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Homophobia
laurenw's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Homophobia
Minor: Antisemitism
ninjamuse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Blood
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide attempt and Racial slurs
lilly_anne's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, Self harm, War, Blood, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury
steviaplath's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Abortion, Blood, Suicide, Xenophobia, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, War, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Classism, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Transphobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny
Minor: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Outing, Ableism, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit
rieviolet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I do not question her writing style (she clearly is really a very accomplished writer) but I was left quite disappointed with the story itself.
I had a really hard time connecting with the characters and their relationships and even understanding their actions/motivations. Aside from Kay and Duncan a bit, for the others, I have to be honest, I cared very little and I was not much captivated by their storylines.
I'm not sure that I really understand the author's decision to rearrange the chronological order of the events, I do not think that it added to the story, quite the opposite actually.
In the first section you are thrown into the characters' circumstances without
knowing anything about how they got there and, at least for me, it made it hard to get through the story, it was difficult to understand and get close to the characters. I think that the end also suffered from this narrative choice; it felt quite abrupt and like we were left with nothing much in terms of a closure, just loose threads.
Lastly, be mindful of the trigger warnings, there were a couple of scenes that very really difficult for me to read, Helen's scene of self-harm was especially hard and upsetting.
Graphic: Abortion, Blood, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Genocide, Cursing, Excrement, and Ableism
seaslugchloe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Abortion, Suicide, and War
Moderate: Blood, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Fire/Fire injury