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Sorrow and Bliss

Meg Mason

4.16 AVERAGE

smee420's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cyrenee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional medium-paced

bipasha26's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

waltersb's review against another edition

5.0

reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

belleair's review against another edition

2.75

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The cover says charming and funny. That must be a misprint. Sad, emotional, mental illness, loss.

larissatabosa's review against another edition

É um livro sobre gente quebrada, muito quebrada. Na maior parte do tempo dá uma raiva descomunal da protagonista ao mesmo tempo que dá pena. E é inegável a semelhança com fleabag. Eu imaginava ela e a irmã como as duas da série.

Chorei bastante no final, muito linda toda a coisa com o pai. Rowland, desculpa se te julguei errado, divo! Lindo o encerramento com a mãe. Ain, meu deus, amei a forma como o livro foi finalizado.

Indico demais! Mas lembre-se: é um livro lento, para as degustar aos poucos. Trata de coisas pesadas, com aquele humor britânico que conhecemos bem. Entao, leia com moderação.

s_mahnoor_q's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have so many feelings for this book. The raw honesty of the main character and her struggles, the low swings she experiences and the absolute shame of her actions after she comes out of them resonate too hard.

The relationship between Martha and Patrick was heartbreaking as we kept going through bittersweet memories of them falling in love, the juxtaposition of the same things that Martha fell in love with and what she hates most about Patrick was so interesting.

I do feel like the book fell short of the mental health and coping with pain topic, and I think it's partially because the process and illness was fictional. I was.... Disappointed at the lost opportunity for representation at the big reveal of the illness, and then even more disappointed about how Martha shifted her mindset to 'it wasn't my fault..... It was the --' (I swear to God if I see the -- things again I'm gonna GRRRR). And for the most part, I understood why Martha felt despair in her life, but a few select moments made the angst go a bit over the top, such as the comments from the tattoo artist re:pain (has the author ever gotten a tattoo before...?)

All in all, enjoyable read, definitely highlighted a lot of sections as I was blown away by the dialogue, but some of the themes and levels of realism of the story didn't.... Match?