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The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

4 reviews

aidamaria_reads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

3.5

All is fair in love and war, and The Passion shines a light on how both of those things can impact a person’s life. The story in itself didn’t do all that much for me, but this book is extremely well written and there are certainly many lessons/quotes to ponder upon. I’ll gladly read more by Jeanette Winterson.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

willow1113's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Murder, and Classism

sylvass's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, and War

Minor: Mental illness and Rape

whisper88's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? No

3.75

Digital edition has moderate formatting errors.

🤔 Can't tell if comma/punctuation placement is deliberate, but messed up in formatting or if they're just typos too.

This is my first of Jeanette Winterson's & I'm excited to dive deeper.

If you liked Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold (1) you'll like Winterson's style 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and War