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La confraternita degli storici curiosi by Jodi Taylor, Elisabetta De Medio
80 reviews
katka_11's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Miscarriage and Sexual assault
sierraknits's review against another edition
None of the characters are well fleshed-out. Even this far through I have no sense of what the main character is like. When it's mentioned that she enjoys painting, I was so confused, because she is never mentioned to be artistic at all. This seemed like a strange detail added with nothing to support it.
The characters are supposed to be in their 30s, but their actions are like teenagers. Despite having numerous female characters, there seems to be a real lack of meaningful interaction, and lots of catty name calling. It feels immature and off-putting, and I'm surprised nobody has been described as 'shrill' so far. Also, it seems like everyone is white, and the one character with, "dark hair and dark eyes" is bad.
What really killed it for me was the treatment of serious concepts.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Death
sara_fangirl98's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Ableism and Misogyny
sassyshark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Stalking, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Abortion and Ableism
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Medical content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Miscarriage
kabaum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Sexual assault
sallysimply's review against another edition
3.0
I love The Nothing Girl and enjoy Jodi Taylor's writing in general. This felt really long to me and not always engaging. I can see myself picking up another book in the series, but I'm not in any rush to do so, nor do I feel the need to go in order. I might see which ones are most beloved and keep those in mind for if/when I'd ever like to spend some more time in this world.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Grief
schnaucl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Miscarriage
thesubwayreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Sexual assault
mulvama3's review against another edition
I could have enjoyed the story in spite of a lack of character depth and character inconsistencies, but unnecessary and mishandled sexual assault put it over into DNF territory. I just wanted more stories like Connie Willis, but I’ll go reread her work instead of plodding through another book in this series.
Moderate: Sexual assault