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samvansam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Minor: Xenophobia and Antisemitism
steviaplath'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Fatphobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
funmilayo's review against another edition
- 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
To make the reader care so deeply about characters so rotten and unlikeable is quite an impressive thing. None of the characters are good but all of them are incredibly real. Donna Tartt's writing is unbelievably vivid and beautifully haunting. I have never read anything quite like this novel and I doubt that I shall ever read anything like it again. The story starts out somewhat slow but it is more than worth it to get through those first few pages. I don't really know what else to say about this book so I'll just add some of my favourite Quotes.
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
“There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.”
“Why does that obstinate little voice in our heads torment us so? Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls – which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one’s burned tongues and skinned knees, that one’s aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow older, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us. Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that’s why we’re so anxious to lose them, don’t you think?”
"some things are too terrible to grasp at once. other things – naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror – are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. it is only later, in solitude, in memory, that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself – quite to one's surprise – in an entirely different world."
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism
_dasbrot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
josh_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Murder
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
emilygcotter'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Incest, and Suicide
Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia
nyvane'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Xenophobia
imoran's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Xenophobia
dreamsandprose's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Incest and Racial slurs
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship
jai_martin'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
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape