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millietakichen'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Writing was visceral in a good way (really creative detail) and a bad way (sometimes too creative that it didn't make sense to me). It was also pretty vulgar, which I don't mind, but the words "shit," "piss," or related bodily functions were on almost every single one of the 254 pages, to the point where it was kind of distracting. If there's a deeper meaning behind the shit (literally) then I definitely need someone to explain it to me. Timeline and setting were somewhat hard to keep track of as well.
I appreciated the way Mother and Daughter's relationship was revealed and developed throughout the book: The undercurrent of love and filial piety was flawed but palpable, and as a child of a Taiwanese immigrant myself, I see some of my own family dynamics reflected in the novel.
TLDR: The imaginative writing was cool but the experience was similar to when I read Helen Oyeyemi — I see the vision and want to understand it but sometimes it's too abstract for me to grasp.
Moderate: Excrement
eestellar'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Excrement, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Sexual violence and Vomit
monsty'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Excrement
harrimyers's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Gore, Excrement, Vomit, and Blood
jesspeach's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Excrement
mirissab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Excrement, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and War
Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Racism
jess_18's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Excrement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Gore, and Medical content
kairhone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Excrement
Moderate: War and Sexual content
brianareads'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? No
1.5
Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, Excrement, and Body horror
readingpicnic's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, Sexual assault, War, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, and Violence