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smashbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Body shaming, Infertility, and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion and Toxic friendship
inirac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Abortion, and Classism
Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy
viwilliams'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Incest, Infertility, and Death of parent
msekulich's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Toxic friendship
meeklovestoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I think around page 130-150 is when my intrigue started to grow so when we got Daphne's POV I was a bit taken a back. But I trusted the process and I'm so glad I did because once we got Daphne's chapter I was HOOKED! I was eating this book up and it became soooo good! I loved it! Jackson's ending was a bit anticlimactic for me, but I'm pretty content with everything else. If you don't mind a slow burn type of book then I totally recommend this book. (Very triggering topics though, so please be careful).
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Classism
Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, and Abortion
pookiee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
a lot of reviews mention plot twists, but I only read one (
the writing is very bland; everything is “She did this. Then, she did that.” with no interesting figurative language. the simplicity makes it easy to speed through the book at least.
the characters are supremely boring, too. it’s crystal clear whom readers are supposed to root for/against and these people have no life outside of being virtuous/villainous and rich/poor.
the pov in part i is exhaustingly bitter and part ii is filled with tactless descriptions of abuse just to have us pity one chara and hate the other even more. this is not a deeply psychological book or character study, it’s emotional manipulation with total caricatures and major, laughable plot conveniences.
Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Abortion
Minor: Blood
dizpig'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
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
mackennac'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: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Fatphobia, Infertility, Slavery, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
amykam32's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Alcoholism and Abortion
kimnicol's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism