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ghostbirds'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: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
Minor: Grief, Infertility, Cursing, and Fatphobia
juliarose807's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
sineadlgull'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
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Murder
jenni28's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I received the first of the Neapolitan Quarter as a Christmas gift and devoured it, but the second instalment I loved even more. I read this in almost one sitting!
This book made me feel a lot of things…
I went through a bit of a rollercoaster with almost every single character, on one page feeling compassion and empathy for their struggles, by the next feeling utterly enraged by their pettiness and self-centred attitudes.
Every character is so well-written, so believable and so enraging at times that you can’t help but be absorbed by their lives, by a story where not very much happens in terms of plot, but where I was totally glued to the page.
This book often gets sold as a book about female friendship, and I suppose that is true at the most basic level. But the parts that I found most compelling dealt with 1960s Italy, especially through the prism of class. Without being didactic, I think it was a beautiful exploration of how culture, family, friendships, social relations, communities and art are all affected by our class and our upbringing.
I was totally immersed in this book. Can’t wait to read the third instalment.
Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, Domestic abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse
augie_'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
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Suicide
serena_hien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Infidelity
risemini'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
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Grief, Misogyny, War, Blood, Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape
maddalenacesco'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Violence
dafni's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Pregnancy
livd1200's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Abortion, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing