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the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I also found portions of the book very slow-paced and hard to get through. While the descriptions of many locations were beautiful and created compelling visuals, I found myself skimming certain sections because they went on for too long.
It was an okay read, but I don't think it would be a book that I would recommend to others.
Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, and Medical content
ppixxie's review against another edition
Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Infidelity
Moderate: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Body shaming
bexi'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
3.75
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content
mandkips'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
4.0
Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity
rockyroadbutch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Sexism, Racism, Medical content, Infidelity, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Cultural appropriation, and Body shaming
jojo_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Infidelity, Cancer, Death of parent, Body shaming, Grief, and Homophobia
kp_writ's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
If I had to describe this book in a single blurb, it would be this: Less is a better-written Eat, Pray, Love that explores the mid-life crisis of a heartbroken gay man who struggles to grapple with his age and relative mediocrity as a writer.
This book was sold to me as exploring a “new gay identity,” and I was thoroughly disappointed to find I’d be reading a main character who was a white cis middle-aged gay man with enough financial security to travel the world. While I understand gay identity hasn’t had very much time to explore life after 50 due to the AIDS crisis, this is the kind of queer demographic we already see in media. There is nothing new about the story of Arthur Less.
Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship