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monicaa_d's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Colonisation
p3tt1tt's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Incest and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Racism
sassysoles82'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
Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Sexual content, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Child death
Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Death
rachele'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
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Incest
Moderate: Miscarriage
internationalreads's review
Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, and Pedophilia
nini23'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
4.75
The author's note at the end sharing her own personal family history especially of accompanying her grandmother to Anegada to visit her great-great-grandmother's grave was v poignant. Tiphanie Yanique is a very talented storyteller and writer, I especially loved her Anette's voice in island lingo. She had me spellbound for the 350+ pages, transported to Villa By The Sea, the beach where Antoinette taught her baby Anette to swim, Flash of Beauty on Anegada, the big island lime at the Gull Reef Club, the swim-in bacchanals of BOMB. Incredibly magical. I will be searching for more of her writing in her book released this year Monster In The Middle.
Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, and Racism
raethereviewer's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I read this for my Creative Writing course since I’m studying Tiphanie Yanique’s writing for my thesis project. I wish I'd known about the incest beforehand. It does play an important role in the novel but it was jarring to read in the first fifty pages. And there are multiple instances of incest throughout the novel.
Aside from the incest, the story is very layered and I enjoyed the imagery. Yanique's writing style is very lyrical, which is something I personally enjoy. There's also a lot of lore and mysticism in the novel.
I loved learning about the history of the Virgin Islands. It's interesting to see how these islands have such a rich history, but they're just seen as "tourist destinations" from those that don't live there.
Graphic: Incest and Adult/minor relationship
kylieqrada's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia