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_lars_'s review
3.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Violence, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Abandonment
There was some really uncomfortableaveragemugglereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual content
drpeeper's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness
minimicropup's review
- 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
4.5
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- Exploration of creepy kid nature vs nurture and personalities
- Psychological horror with a cat-and-mouse parent-child clash
- What would you do conundrums with ‘how far would you go for your child’ and ‘how far would you go for your spouse’
- Exploring themes and commentary around communication styles, misunderstandings, parenting challenges, regret, resentment, the dark side of family life, manipulation, chronic illness, pregnancy, nature vs nurture, childhood mental illness, destruction, denial, and trauma
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
klhunter42's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Chronic illness
amaranth_wytch's review
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Child abuse
forthehopeofitall6's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content
hollicane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Medical content and Sexual assault
khowey's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Incest
applesodaperson's review
- 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
Anyways, in this book specifically, I like how it was pretty unclear until the end who Alex was going to side with, and if he was going to believe Suzette about how evil Hanna is. It kept me on the edge of my seat, because of course I was rooting for Suzette to survive and live her best life with Alex. The one thing I didn't like was the line about Hanna saying she wants to marry her dad. Yeah that was just a little too Freudian for me. But other than that I loved it, and thought that the aspect of Hanna not speaking made this book all the more interesting.
Also, I totally imagined Alex as looking like Klare from Fleabag.
Listened to on Libby.
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence