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atamano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Racism
Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Rape, and Medical content
luca_di_mauro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, and Alcoholism
Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Gun violence, and Racism
corriejn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexism, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Terminal illness and Death
Minor: Incest
jannne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism and Pregnancy
Minor: Incest
miagic_tome'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Ableism, and Blood
Minor: Incest
rsmiley716'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism
dancingdragon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
This is a beautiful story of how friendship builds and can be cultivated among very different types of people.
It gives a good picture of the history of the Women’s Packhorse Library and what life was like for varied types of women in the 30s. Themes of women being treated like men’s property, racial discrimination, discrimination of lower classes, and the fight for unions and fair pay in the mines were themes well done.
The description of the landscape was wonderful and left me feeling like I was riding in the mountains with the girls. I could genuinely feel the fear for their safety and identify with their coming to terms with knowing their physical limitations in comparison to the men who wanted to control them, while also falling in love with their united strength and personal growth journeys. Moyes also did a great job of subtly intertwining good men into the story without having to make them the hero.
A heart warming tale!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Alcoholism
microbemom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Racism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Bullying, Confinement, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent, Death, Incest, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Blood, Classism, and Medical trauma
purplepenning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Gore, Gun violence, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual content
betsygrace's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, and Slavery