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mcnuggies09's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness
Moderate: Rape
eri002'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
3.5
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Addiction, Homophobia, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault
Minor: War
alisonannk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, and Self harm
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Physical abuse
backpackfullofbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“This is what people did. They sat in pubs drinking beer and gin and listening to each other talk. They pretended to be interested and then took their own turn talking. It was difficult to see the point in any of it.”
“She would be better off without me.”
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An author researching a mostly forgotten phycologist is presented with five notebooks relating to a specific patents experiences with said phycologist. He can’t quite believe his luck.
With the reality of these notebooks called into question from the outset of the book we then get alternating perspectives for the remainder of the book. One from the author of the notebooks, a repressed and nieve young woman who is try to piece together her sisters suicide and starting to mentality unravel herself. The second from the author of the book chronicling the phycologists influence and life.
These narratives are simultaneously disparate and intimately connected. This combined with the contents of the book makes for a strange and intense reading experience.
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This isn’t usually my kind of thing at all but I found it so incredibly readable I finished the entire thing in one day.
It is extremely intense and weird I couldn’t put it down.
The sense of what is real and want isn’t is completely thrown and you just have to commit to the story and not worry about the truth.
I actually decided to pick this up as the author came in the shop to sign some copies and was really nice. I’m glad that I did as it’s completely out of my normal comfort zone.
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I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys unreliable narrators and phycological confusion. Or to be honest is looking for something a bit different but still gripping.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual content