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jabberwalky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, and Toxic friendship
eve_o'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Medical content, Child abuse, Death, and Forced institutionalization
scout_jones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death, and Abandonment
milton'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
3.25
Graphic: Toxic friendship and Grief
Moderate: Infertility, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, Sexual content, and Medical content
rensreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
i’m honestly not sure at all what i should say. i hated the narration style with a passion but the story really had me. i almost cried at the end. it’s the worst to be the last one in the end and i hate feeling lonely more than anything so that almost got me.
still, i’m glad kath and tommy got a chance, no matter how small it was.
i hate ruth though. she’s awful. tommy may have been in love with someone else the entire time he was with ruth but he never cheated — unlike her. ugh, that made me officially hate her. she was awful before but that was downright disgusting of her.
i also think kath is an unreliable narrator to be honest. im not sure but the way she kept explaining her memories made me think she was misremembering them for some reason. she was a little likable but i didn’t really like any of the characters if im going to be honest.
despite all of that, i’d rate this 3.75 stars (:
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Infertility, and Medical content
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Child abuse
be wary of ruth and kath’s telling of her memoriesbootsmom3'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
3.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Sexual content
thesapphiccelticbookworm'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Medical content
Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, and Classism
Minor: Suicide
edenangus'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? It's complicated
3.5
Minor: Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, and Medical content
schmitzy_'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Trafficking
madarauchiha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
It's very melancholy, not v hard into the scifi / medical aspects, irritatingly monologue prone, quite dreamy. Can get boring.
In a word, this book can be described as staid. Not necessarily in a bad way. It's almost autobiographical. No rating as I didn't connect with the book, but it's well written and would be appreciated by others.
content warnings:
minor emetophobia, NSFW, death, child death, pedophilia, child abuse,
medium eugenics, peer abuse / bullying, sexual content, body horror, gore, medical content, medical abuse,
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Bullying, Sexual content, Body horror, and Gore
Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Death, Child death, and Child abuse