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kcarney86's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
cat_is_turning_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.25
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Gaslighting
Plot Synopsis / Spoilers:mad_books_'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
1.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
seventhswan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
For some reason, despite being technically excellent and enjoying reading it while it was in front of me, the story took me a long time to wade through. I appreciated that the plot moved quite quickly, as otherwise I feel it could have fallen into bleak and melancholic territory. I was also irritated by the death at the end of the story, but I can't work out if it was actually just thrown in as a plot device or if I just liked the character who dies a lot. There were also some subplots that were introduced and then never seemed to go anywhere or get mentioned again.
Overall I would recommend this book as a compelling and moving set of character studies, but I wouldn't say it bears much resemblance to what the blurb and marketing suggests. This is not really a story about romantic love, but about the choices we make when there are no good choices in all kinds of relationships.
I'm excited to read Little Women next and see how many parallels there are between the two books, as other people have said!
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
cnannery19'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
4.5
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
kiwichill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, and Pregnancy
casira'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
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
juliee181'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
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment
rachel101'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
5.0
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
fallonrhea'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
2.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Car accident, and Alcohol