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bailey_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I didn’t realize this book was about queerness and motherhood/ivf from the descriptions I read about it. You slowly start to understand more and more as you dig through and the disjointed fragments pull together.
I don’t think it spoils anything to give that context—if you don’t want to think about family planning this might be a little triggering in a surprising way, which is why I’m sharing this.
I wish I spoke French and could have read this untranslated because the writing is stunning in some places and too didactic in others and I can’t tell if that’s intentional or an accident of translation. Regardless, while it took me a long time to want to keep coming back to this book bc of how it read in certain parts. I’ll be thinking about the story and ending for a while to come.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Infertility, War, Xenophobia, and Murder
morebedsidebooks's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Grief, Police brutality, and Xenophobia
singularexpression'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: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Violence, and Lesbophobia
rieviolet'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
4.0
I did not mind the disjointed narrative style, it actually reminded me a bit of "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" by Madeleine Thien, a book that I absolutely adored.
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the second part ("Side B") as much as the first. I think I would have liked for it to be longer, so that we could spend more time with the characters and explore more of their relationships (for example Kimiâ and Anna's or Kimiâ and her sisters'). The narration felt a bit rushed, like we
were speeding through the events and, compared to "Side A", I struggled to feel the same level of connection with the characters.
Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Murder, Police brutality, Death, Blood, Violence, and Homophobia
Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, War, Dementia, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Classism, Torture, Car accident, Genocide, and Racism
Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Excrement
yavin_iv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Dementia, War, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Drug use
Minor: Torture and Confinement
bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Minor: Death, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Violence, and Vomit