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st_ender's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body horror and Medical trauma
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Suicide, and Pregnancy
Extensive discussion of euthanasia, and anything that can possibly happen to a person once they die.traciereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Abandonment
darkwood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Suicide
heytaytay12's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
baileyes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
the_kristin_amber's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Told in woven narratives this novel is elegant yet very dark. I couldn't put it down but wished I could.
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
musicalpopcorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I enjoyed the first half of this book more than I enjoyed the second half, but overall I liked the whole thing. The kind of dark surrealist stories about euthanasia parks and talking pigs were much more interesting to me than the ones that by contrast seemed like normal family dramas. I found all of the stories compelling however I also found that having every single main character feeling detached from their family got a little old after a while and made them feel like the same character every single time.
This was a unique book with a one of a kind outlook on humanity. How it managed to be both so dark and depressing to ultimately hopeful was very well done.
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Colonisation
foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rheagoveas's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Pandemic/Epidemic
tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
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I think the biggest unbelievable aspect of that storyline, though, and maybe this is my own cynicism, is that corporations would be focused at all on healing the planet is laughable. It’s lovely that Nagamatsu could picture a world where humanity and our survival was more important than profits, but even in his story currency still exists, and there were still the messages of classism throughout the book.
Again, now that I know the ending, Clara’s behavior is so clear. I guess that was foreshadowing. I liked being surprised by the ending but I also think the story would have been so much better to follow Clara as the thread of each story and understand her motivation more.
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, and Medical content
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Classism