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tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- As others have said, this book suffers from major pacing issues. I called it "medium-paced" because some parts are so fast and gripping I couldn't put the book down, while others plod along so slowly that I couldn't pick it up. I appreciate writers who can write a variety of speeds, but in Ammonite it was an impediment.
- Maybe this is just a personal problem, but I struggled to look at this book through the lens of its own time and not think about what we know now. Ammonite comes from the late '80s/early '90s school of feminist scifi, where writing women who were actual, fully developed characters was somewhat shocking. These days, a lot of things don't hold up well. What does the virus do to trans and nonbinary folks? Griffith is arguing that a world without men would be exactly the same as a world with them, but would the women of Jeep be "just like men" if they'd never experienced patriarchy and toxic masculinity?
- As always, I should not read author's notes. Griffith's note for Ammonite is a contradictory mess that goes something like, "Women aren't just like men! We're just like men!" Save yourself the heartache; stick with just reading the book.
Graphic: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Torture, Medical content, Mental illness, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, War, and Grief
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Suicide, Genocide, and Murder
rhymeswithnova's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Xenophobia, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Animal cruelty, and Death
Minor: Child death, Sexual content, Confinement, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Colonisation, Murder, Torture, Grief, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Confinement
Minor: Excrement, Suicide, Abortion, and Alcohol