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khise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder and Racism
2treads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Yang has written a very interesting narrative with a main character whose situation morphs from familial dysfunction to the glitz of high society mixed with a bit of emotional drama.
It is toxic with abuse and a violence that warps the relationships of these characters.
Ivy had grown up in a frugal household with a fleet fingered grandma and a heavy handed mother and a seemingly detached father, whichbexplains her deep seated yearning to find and have something beautiful that would be hers and hers alone. She finds that in Gideon, the all American rich boy, and nothing could be wrong with him.
Exposed to shoplifting from an early age and then briefly to the life of the elite, Ivy grows up with a deep yearning to have all the riches and lifestyle of the affluent; but giving up old habits prove harder than Ivy counted on or maybe not, and she isn't about to let anything or anyone come between her and her richly ever after.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Murder
thereadhersrecap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder and Eating disorder
kutreen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Murder
jaeyc'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
4.0
Moderate: Murder
tharumi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder
alicelalicon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying
kendra_f's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder
booksandprosecco's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Mental illness
Minor: Cancer and Murder
rishel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Murder