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elderwoodreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Vomit
Minor: Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Drug use, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Child abuse
mdwsn27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Grief
Minor: Domestic abuse
basonok'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Alcoholism
Moderate: Gun violence and Stalking
suveva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Vomit, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Stalking
Minor: Gun violence, Car accident, Abortion, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
mapleleaf_rag'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
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Stalking, Grief, and Domestic abuse
ptitirodactyle'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
I’d heard mixed reviews about this novel, so I was a bit sceptical as to if I was going to like it or not. Thankfully, I ended up really liking it.
In this story, we follow an 18 year old Korean-american who remains unnamed until the last chapter. She is pregnant and works as a pizza girl. She becomes obsessed with one of her clients while also struggling with the death of her dad and basically her whole life. She lives with her supportive boyfriend and mother.
The depiction of hanging on to an obsessive and intense sapphic crush in order to avoid the fact that your life is crumbling was incredibly well done. By that I mean, I was able to relate to the main character’s feelings minus
Coming-of-age stories tend to incorporate a lot of cliches, which this story didn’t rely on. The characters had their unique personalities & motivations.
The length and pacing were perfect and made it a very fast pleasant read.
I think I read this at the perfect time in my life. It made me feel a lot of emotions and reminded me of why I like reading so much. I still understand how this could be not for everyone.
Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Physical abuse
Minor: Car accident
kittkat'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Unsere Hauptfigur ist jung, schwanger und verzweifelt… Die Geschehnisse kurz zusammenzufassen ist eigentlich fast unmöglich, aber wenn man das Buch lesen will, ist es eigentlich besser nichts zu wissen.
Sie tut eine Menge Sachen, die man nicht tun sollte, vor allem wenn man schwanger ist und einen sehr supportiven, liebenswürdigen Freund hat.
Man kann nicht mal als Leser nachvollziehen, warum sie so ist, wie sie ist (man denkt sich teilweise „ja gut sie ist einfach bisschen verwirrt und deprimiert“ aber das macht‘s nicht besser…).
Aber gleichzeitig ist sie auch irgendwie relatable🧐. Wenn sie mal ohne wirklichen Grund alle verflucht und hasst, das kennen wir doch alle 🙃.
Nach und nach merkt man auch, dass sie ihr Leben immer weniger im Griff hat und schon halber am Durchdrehen ist. Ich sag nur 📉📉📉🕳️…
Das Buch ist auch sehr… interessant geschrieben. So viele widerliche Metaphern und Vergleiche habe ich noch nie in einem Buch gelesen. Das ganze hat sich angefühlt wie eine lange Kurzgeschichte. Äußerst seltsam, aber unterhaltsam 🤷♀️ Würde ich nicht unbedingt für Zwischendurch empfehlen, die Themen sind schon sehr hart
Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, and Gun violence
Minor: Death of parent and Murder
booksandbabble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Stalking, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence
devynreadsnovels's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Stalking and Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Alcohol
erebus53'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This book was one that I picked up as it was a nominee for a book of the month in one of my book clubs. I have found it quite difficult to get my head around to write a coherent review. This may be my traumatised Autistic brain doing a Nope, or it may just be that I found the whole narrative a little incoherent.
The main character is a half-Korean(?) 18 year old, fresh out of school and newly pregnant. She is aimless and unfocused and clearly lonely. Despite having a handsome and popular partner who is driven to train up, get a good job and support her and the baby, she is .. just not feeling it. It's probably because she's way more into women than men but has never really stopped to identify what she wants from her life, and she feels pretty stuck with her options.
This emotional and messed up girl becomes obsessed with a middle aged woman who orders pizza from the place she works. Both women are clearly not quite coping with life and each seem to feel like they are rescuing the other, though it feels like they would be a lot better off if they focused on saving themselves.
As a fairly risk averse caregiver and rule-follower, I'm anxious all through this book as the main character leans hard into being her alcoholic father reborn despite having a baby on board. I can't quite wrap my head around the why of some of this woman's decisions.. or maybe they are more impulses than decisions, because there seems to be very little logic engaged with. The whole hot mess is quite unsettling. It does make me stop and think a bit about how I was when I was an odd and dysregulated teen, but I don't think I ever, even in my worst meltdowns, got quite this close to a psychotic break.
I dunno that I got anything good from this book.. but it was certainly.. something.
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Pregnancy