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dlrosebyh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Suicide
Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion
Minor: Death, Sexual assault, and War
yleavy'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
4.75
Graphic: Rape and Suicide
emmonsannae'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
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Classism
serendipitysbooks'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
4.25
That Atwood’s writing was a standout goes without saying and, as always, I was impressed by her storytelling abilities. I enjoyed the snippets from the social pages featuring Chase and Griffen family members, as well as newspaper articles about various political events. However, the standout was the unique book within a book within a book structure. Iris’s story included chapters from Laura’s novel which itself included a science fiction told by one character to another. The way these stories reinforced each other was very clever and I enjoyed discovering links, connections and parallels between the three different stories. The structure added depth and richness to the story. I do think it contributed to my taking a while to settle into the book though. A complicated slow burn but for me it was worth it.
Graphic: Misogyny and Suicide
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and War
e_banfield'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
4.25
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Suicide and Abortion
courtneyreadsometimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and War
tmleeper'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
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Abortion
butteredpopcourt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide
libristella'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? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Abortion
telcontar2901'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
4.75
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, and War
Minor: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization