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bookish_bry'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This novel was shaping up to be a knock out 5 star, but the plot twist wasn't to my taste.
I did like the end and the fact that the epilogue was the beginning. Despite some things not being exactly to my taste, I still loved this book and the writing style was superb even when I didn't like the plot direction.
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Classism, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer
readerorwateva'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
4.75
Graphic: Sexism, Infidelity, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Incest, and Misogyny
Minor: Terminal illness and Toxic relationship
redheadorganist'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, and Infidelity
Minor: Medical content and Animal cruelty
poubelleboi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Gun violence, Fatphobia, Death, Ableism, Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, and Infidelity
Minor: Cancer and Infertility
pkc'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
4.5
Minor: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Infertility, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury
lizgom'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
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Cancer, and Infidelity
Minor: Terminal illness and Incest
c_serpent'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? Yes
5.0
If so, you have read this book.
If you have not, then you should.
Total score: 5/5 stars
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Incest, Cancer, and Classism
There is some harmful language about a character with mental disabilities, which is standard of the time. There is a large age gap between the main character and her husband (21 years). There is incest in the book, but it does not occur between the main character and her husband.sarah_zaffiro'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: Death and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity
Minor: Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Cancer
cady_sass'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? No
2.0
Did we all read the same book? It takes reading literally 70% of the book before anything interesting happens at all, and once it gets going it’s fully underwhelming. It’s soooooo long and for what purpose? Wikipedia managed to summarize the entirety of the major plot points in 7 paragraphs and, frankly, that’s more than enough. Just because something was written nearly 100 years ago with arguably beautiful prose does not make it inherently good or a classic. The writing is excellent and for that you get 2 stars, but let’s not glorify a novel that lacked proper editing and meandering plot for 300+ pages. Also, what is the purpose of never naming the main character? Let the woman have a name! Okay, rant over. Sorry not sorry
Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
booksplantsandcats'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? No
4.75
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Incest