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clairephillips's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Incest
Minor: Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit
marija_m95's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Death, and Slavery
albyalbyalby's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I hope one day to feel the contentment she found.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Murder, and Misogyny
Moderate: Suicide, Slavery, Infertility, Incest, Genocide, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship
kathrun006's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Blood
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage
Minor: Xenophobia, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Stalking
thedreammachine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, and Grief
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Rape, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Incest
halfling_stories's review
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Vomit
There's a fair amount of violence in this book. There are also many, many depictions of childbirth, stillbirth, and maternal mortality. Some are graphic/explicit, some are not.lucymight's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Murder
p_ttyb_tch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, and Infertility
Minor: Misogyny and Incest
phantomgecko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
On the other hand, I greatly disagree with some of the characterization/explanations/actions. It really felt like the author just wanted to take biblical people and smear them as much as possible because she can. "Look, your biblical figures were horrible people with no actual redeeming qualities." The female characters were lifted onto pedestals at the expense of the morality of the men.
idk, I think depicting Rebekah as a pagan priestess bothered me the most. My girl Rebekah was a righteous, chosen woman. It does her so dirty to have her act cruelly with family and despise her husband while she runs the moon temple. It's not empowering or feminist. It sucks. Obviously she wasn't a perfect person, but when you're righting a novel exploring characters, why would you choose to make her wicked?
Again, there were some really cool parts of this novel. Some perspectives were great, the relationship between Jacob's wives was actually delightful. But a lot of the book felt spiteful.
Reading statements from the author makes me feel better about things. Still not my favorite book tho.
Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death, Infertility, Murder, and Miscarriage
smallredboy'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Death
Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Miscarriage, Violence, Rape, Incest, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Pedophilia