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undecidedpersonality'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Vomit
Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Self harm, Grief, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Medical content
aaliyah_lomas15'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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Minor: Abortion, Vomit, and Blood
maxthebeetlesheep'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
4.5
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Infidelity
Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Abortion, Vomit, Grief, and Death
atamano'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
4.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Sexism
Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Blood, Abortion, and Vomit
ashleyjean6'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: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Pregnancy
cdt96'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
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Addiction
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, War, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
bxnny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion, Cursing, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Sexual content
abiyy'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
5.0
I think one of my favorite things though was the reveal of the author at the end. I read that part and immediately wanted to start the book over again to examine how their bias could have impacted the storytelling. It made me question my own memory of the story and my affinities for certain characters over others.
Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pregnancy and Abortion
Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
katy_bee's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
The "twist" fell flat for me, it didn't really add anything and it jarred a bit in retrospect when you re-read the early chapters.
The device of everyone bring a slightly unreliable narrator, because memory doesn't hold true after decades was near to start with but felt a bit laboured by then end. I also found the very qu ck suggestion of short quotes became a bit unrealistic and repetitive. I would have been interested to see some longer sections or have the narrator acknowledge that assembling dialogue that way is quite artificial
I was also disappointed in the way it seemed to wrap up as - an unusual - love story. Most of the way through it actually felt like it was a story of addiction and people's lives falling apart. I wanted to hear more from Daisy in the "where are they now?" chapter to see her come out the other side.
That's all the negatives... It definitely was interesting to hear more about that world of rock and fame in 60s & 70s and the characters felt nuanced. I liked the portrayal of women and particularly Karen dealing with being an object of affection but not wanting to be defined by that. I think that's still quite rare in fiction, to have a sympathetic portrayal of a woman who doesn't love a man back. I also liked Camilla and Daisy's respect for each other.
Camilla and Billy's relationship also felt like an honest portrayal of the sacr fices and compromised it takes to make a marriage work.
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
Minor: Terminal illness
xosirenox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness
Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, and Vomit