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ye_li's review
- 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? No
4.25
Graphic: Infertility, Rape, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Racial slurs
waybeyondblue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Animal death, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Gore, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia
emordnilap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
As a college student, one of my classes this semester focused on US Multiethnic Literature. This book is the last of the 6 books we have read this semester. For many of the other books I chose to annotate in great detail, but for this book I decided I wasn't going to do that. And I think that allowed me to enjoy it more.
My professor (she is often strange), described this book as funny and I have to strongly disagree. It is anything but funny. This book is not to be taken lightly in any format.
As a vegetarian who does it for the lack of enjoyment from eating and cooking meat and finds it easier to be vegetarian, this book was eye-opening into the meat industry. Granted I like to believe things have changed from when this book was published in the 1990s, but I think that I also know better than to believe that.
The connections made throughout this book were interesting and compelling and I think that the lighthearted connections made with the characters helped to balance out the trauma and pain of the darker areas of the book.
I also enjoyed the representation of Northampton lesbians as a college student lesbian in the area. Gotta love Lesbianville, USA.
In conclusion, I think that this is a good book, but only if you are mentally prepared for its themes and believe that the content warnings will not be triggering at all because all the descriptions are quite graphic.
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Rape, Miscarriage, Vomit, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Infertility, and Grief
Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs
The sexual assault and rape scenes and the aftermath of them are especially graphic. Please take caution with reading this book!!atilh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Rape
keiraengelen's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Vomit, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Eating disorder
notsansastark'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? No
4.25
Moderate: Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity and Infertility
minxtte's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Miscarriage
Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism
folchart'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
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Infertility, Blood, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse
bookworme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
tiredurbanist's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Animal death, Cancer, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia