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mharris61'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? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
bethebluebook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Classism, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Medical content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
kappafrog'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Excrement, Classism, Grief, Cancer, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, and Ableism
Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Vomit
kaneebli'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Racism and Police brutality
aster_isms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
1. Entertainment
This book was really entertaining to me. Something about it, I don't know, was really captivating and made me want to keep reading. I would pick up the book and next thing I knew, I was 50 pages later. It didn't feel like parts dragged on for too long or a place was too short. The mystery of figuring out who Su Lan really was was also pretty captivating.
2. Characters
Li Yongzong: The faults of this character captivated me, although it wasn't too much to write home about. Spoilers for the book ahead:
Su Lan: What is there to say about Su Lan without saying WOW. This book was amazing, at portraying her, both in her faults and in her virtues. Spoilers ahead:
Zhang Bo: Really loved his character, although it did kind of feel like he didn't have any faults at all. 8/10
Zhu Wen: I also really liked how she was written! Even though anything outside of her interactions with Su Lan wasn't terribly important to the story, it really felt like you got to know her and her relationship with her husband, Tao Kun. As she grew more spiritual and believing in ghosts, you could also see her deteoriating mental abilities. 8/10
Liya: She is really interesting to me, but I feel like out of all the characters she was the most poorly developed, despite being the person we are mainly looking through the story with, and why we are even reading this story in the first place. I wouldn't say she is particularly likeable, but I understand her decisions. 6/10
3. Plot
4. Writing style
5. Editing
Saw basically no problems with this, chapters segmented nicely.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Grief
imaginaryempire'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
3.25
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Gun violence