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nomi_schraepen's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Eating disorder, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Infertility, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Body horror
unusualsnowunicorn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm
Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility
liliannkuu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Eating disorder
nesblablabla'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
2.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm
t555z's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Bullying
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Cursing, and Toxic relationship
aarony_22's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Now what exactly was the message/theme of this book? If this is supposed to be a romance novel, it failed. I don't feel like Mattia and Alice have a connection at all and their first moments together seem like stupid insta love. If this is just supposed to be about the tragedy of unjustifiable events and emotions that are all over the place, it was okay.
The writing style is very fluid and the pages really flew by. It was really good at times. Very good metaphors and symbolics were used.
I didn't quite get what is happening and nothing is really truly of relevance but the first two chapters. The events are all over the place and not explained well enough for me. Mattia and Alice are portrayed as the "odd humans out" (prime numbers in this case). That mindset makes it particularly interesting to see them having a bad social life.
In conclusion, to me, it's a failed attempt at writing about unusual people having trouble being so unusual as if nothing bad ever happens to "normal" people.
Also the portraying of consent in this book???? Very questionable???
It also needs a trigger warning for eating disorders, really. It comes out of nowhere.
Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual harassment
liesbethvv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
From time to time, the way the characters think and behave themselves made me think of Sally Rooney’s writing and all in all, this novel is not going to make you high on life, but the execution of the characters’ trauma is well done imo and I might pick up something else by him to see what else he might do.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
Minor: Car accident, Infertility, Death of parent, Dementia, Child death, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
mirireads'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
Graphic: Self harm and Eating disorder
Moderate: Body shaming, Infertility, Toxic friendship, and Ableism
Minor: Bullying, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Death of parent
teoboy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Infertility, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Self harm
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Car accident and Terminal illness
paulaenamorado_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Ableism