Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

8 reviews

kschupner's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.5

i absolutely loved this novel, the black hole acting as a metaphor for depression was very well done. i loved how chapters were done, each being separated with a dictionary definition relating to the theme of it! the book is divided into four parts, resembling the anatomy of a pomegranate, and i loved that idea a lot!! the book starts with the outermost layer, and as situations take their turns, we get to the seeds at the end of the book. the black hole pages were also very clever! enough about the formatting though—i think this was beautifully written and very well done; it captured the complexities of the beginning of covid, being radicalized after seeing the reality of a city like silicon valley, etc. a really great, short read about how capitalism, depression, and the uncertainty of the pandemic affects/affected our lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infidelity and Panic attacks/disorders

sarahrosebooknook's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Addiction, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

errie's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abortion, Medical content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Classism, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

heyitsamandarae's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Infidelity and Infertility

kellyung's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

rachaelwho's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Deeply depressed and depressing. Everything felt inevitable, though for a brief shining moment here and there I thought that

Cassie would destroy the company before she died

.  That was the main will she/won't she of the book for me, otherwise I could see it all in front of me, but not in a bad way. It did take me a weirdly long time to realize that

Cassie had reproduced her relationship with her parents in her friends

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I would not have called this magical realism. There's no indication that the black hole is literally, physically there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Addiction, Colonisation, Sexism, and Sexual content

kayleighr's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Classism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

absolute_bookery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved this! A very sharp and witty reflection on the 'corporate hustle'. Sad to read but so relatable! Would recommend?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Bullying, Drug use, and Suicide