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dolores153'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
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Racism, Death, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness
Minor: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Cancer, and Classism
hmetwade'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, and Blood
gracescanlon'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? It's complicated
4.25
The ordering of these parts created the effect of the women setting the record straight. One woman saw herself in the other and used her own experience as a woman to read between the lines of the previous narratives to learn the real story while placating men. Meanwhile, the other woman told the actual story, as it happened in her life, using her own words. I loved that it seemed that it was the combined efforts of the women that revealed the truth - the first, in analyzing the information she was given and pursuing the real story, and the second, in recording the facts as she knew them.
Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Death, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Classism, Confinement, Infertility, and Grief
Minor: Violence
elle_e_d_light'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I personally really liked it, but I can totally understand why others would not. Nearly everybody in this book is a terrible person—or morally gray at best. Also, it can be a bit repetitive due to the concept. I still liked it and read it one go though.
Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Moderate: Self harm
thecriticalreader'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Classism and Toxic relationship
Minor: Self harm