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aseel_reads'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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence
alienstookmybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder
msradiosilence's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
By all accounts, Frances’ story is a tragedy, and not necessarily of her own making. She’s a strong woman prone to making choices everyone warns her against, but their her choices to make. She did the best she could in her situations, even if the best was something truly horrific.
There can be some interesting speculation on whether Frances is a reliable narrator or not, considering the story is from her point of view, but I think a woman
Anyway, as much as it hurt me, I did really enjoy the book. One of the only 5 star reads from 2021.
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit
amberinbookland's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Incest, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Violence, Blood, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Death, Confinement, and Abandonment
marieketron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Abortion, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
the_literarylinguist's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Homophobia
bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
📚 This book does feature a forbidden sapphic romance, but I appreciated that neither party had an existential crisis over it.
📚 This book is full of complex, complicated characters and it doesn't let anyone off the hook for the choices they made.
📚 It's a gothic novel not in the sense of the supernatural, but in that the truth of our racist history is grim and unspeakable.
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Content warnings: addiction, alcoholism, child abuse, child death, death, domestic abuse, drug abuse, emotional abuse, incest, homophobia,medical content, medical trauma, miscarriage, misogyny, physical abuse, racial slurs, racism, rape, sexism, slavery, sexual violence, suicide, torture, trafficking, and violence.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence
dewitnadine's review
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery