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obredwolf'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Incest, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Rape
nini23's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
As a work of fiction, I thought it illustrated very well the collective denial by family members of a traumatic event and the subsequent loneliness and isolation the victim feels with this 'taking of sides' and suppression of voice. Bergljot chooses to have minimal contact with her family until the contents of her parent's will forces her to re-engage with them
Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Rape
adddde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest
maddieden'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
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
amora_obscura'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
Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Grief
biglittleliza'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? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape
lepasseportlitteraire's review against another edition
2.5
🌱 While I enjoyed the second half of the book, the first one let me very frustrated. It was indeed difficult to feel empathy with the main character in her hatred for her father as I did not know why the hatred was there. Maybe even more frustrating was the fact that the author hinted heavily to what her father fault was, yet we have to wait until half of the book to have a confirmation.
🌱 Maybe it was intentional (surely so), to make the reader feel the difficulty of the main character in talking about her trauma, but it did not work for me (it could for others).
🌱 The second half of the book was for me the real treat, and the themes that are tackled, are so in a delicate yet raw way, and letting go of the secrecy that characterises the first half of the book was what did the trick in my opinion - just hoped that happened earlier in the story
🌱 However, all together the book is very repetitive (intentional maybe, but still did not like it as it felt forced) and could easily have been half the length. Some repetitions serve the stories, but in most cases I found that the events that are described multiple times bring nothing new to the story (no different point of view, no new relevant details…)
Graphic: Incest
burnsbooks's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, and Gaslighting
laurathit'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
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Incest
shelfobsessed's review
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse