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bold's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent
feralbookwife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Mental illness
froggoz13's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion and Stalking
r_o_s_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Excrement, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Car accident
michelleka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Mental illness, Infidelity, and Death of parent
not_another_ana's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I had felt, for a long time, that if I started crying I would not stop—that if I finally ripped, there would be nothing to stop my guts from falling out. I was scared of what might come out of me: the things I would see, what others would see. I was scared the feelings would eat me.
The explosive end of a long term relationship has left Lucy depressed, with a restraining order, and court ordered therapy. Fleeing the desert for sunny California, on her sister's insistence, all she has to do is attend group therapy, housesit, take care of Dominic, the sweetest little dog, and perhaps work on her thesis on Sappho. But healing isn't easy, specially when you don't believe you're the problem, and it's easy to get distracted. Things get out of control when a mysterious surfer with a secret catches Lucy's obsessive attention, sending her on a different path altogether.
The summary calls this "a story about falling in obsessive love with a merman" but that's not what this is really about. This is sad girl lit fic. It's navel gazey, it's existential. You either get it or you don't, there's no inbetween. Did I like this? Did I enjoy this? I'm not sure, but I can't say I hated it. Lucy is a difficult character. She's unlikeable, on a downwards spiral, but this condition makes her able to see the world in a different way and to probe at the status quo. Through her exaggeration of reality shine little pearls of wisdom and reflections about life. Mostly this book, to me, showed that recovery isn't lineal. It's hard work, and it's normal to backslide and crash and burn.
The merman bit was interesting but I would have liked it to go farther.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Blood
siriface's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
Relapse, Menstruationrgrgrg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty
lyshbish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Animal death, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent
tiffany_lishan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Excrement, Infidelity, and Drug abuse