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angievansprang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Infidelity
Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny
mbattiest's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Child death, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death and Racial slurs
sloan_emmi92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Child death
Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Medical content, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism
jenniferbbookdragon'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? Yes
3.5
I found it a painful reading experience, especially the scenes with parents lashing out at their children, and the amount of secrets every single family member is carrying will break your heart. I am glad I read it for a book club because I need to discuss and process it with others.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Grief, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Physical abuse and Alcohol
di_the_reader's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Bullying and Vomit
Cheating Tropeamy_lp's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Bullying
madamenovelist'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
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Car accident, Violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Cursing, and Classism
holliesatchell'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: Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Outing, Racial slurs, and Suicide
miaaa_lenaaa'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
4.5
The complexity built between each of the family members was very impressive, you could blame and sympathise with each person
‘No trace of herself left except these pencil marked dreams’
‘Its a problem of geography, he said with the confidence of someone who had never yet tried to free himself of family.’
‘Marilyn would forget this moment. Lydias shout, the shattered edges in her tone. It would disappear forever from her memory of lydia. The way memories of a lost loved one always smooth and simplify themselves. Shedding complexities like scales.’
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship
borrowmybookjacket's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
<spoilers>
I found it so easy to relate to everyone here. Not as much the father may be as much of his struggle was racial and let's be real, I'm a squishy white woman, but my parents have a strained dynamic, I have these kind of relationships at varying times with my mother, my father, and my siblings. I am the youngest, tip-toeing around and listening to what was happening in the house. Can't be noticed, won't be noticed. I am the ignored brother with unrealistic goals even though I was clearly working well toward them without people seeing. I am Lydia, struggling under pressure to be Good and Correct and Doing What Is Expected. My parents didn't know I didn't have friends like that and I clung to moments of attention. I think many folks have.
Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Infidelity
Minor: Murder, Vomit, Alcohol, and Blood