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yasmin_raev'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Infidelity and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and Abandonment
Minor: Child death
biblioghoul'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
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Outing, and Gaslighting
Minor: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
laurendenton's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
imaginefishes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content
andsoitgoes's review
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
lucykateburns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
thewordsdevourer's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
the story has an initially confusing but thereafter thought-provoking structure riddled w/ metaphors and symbolism, important themes of internalized homophobia, identity, self-denial and -hatred and their consequences, and giovanni is a beautiful, lovely character whose tragic fate makes the book all the more devastating (though its ruminations on women still confuse me).
reading this short, dense book took me nearly a week bc it was so much like helplessly waiting for the inevitable trainwreck to happen. will def read more analysis on this.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Abandonment
sukriti's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol
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- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic relationship
omemlette's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment