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megelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Incest and Abortion
esmartd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexism, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Rape and Suicide
hmurff's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy
aswift1'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
2.5
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization
caties_books's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Abortion
lynette_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
mintrogue'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
4.75
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Trafficking
fuzzythealmighty'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? No
2.0
- It misrepresented itself in its synopsis. This book advertises itself as a "modern gothic" but it take place in the mid 90s which is now far from modern. It also is not as dark or atmospheric as it claims.
- There are many many inconsistencies in the book. Most of these are inconsistencies in characterization, but there are some in the plot which makes it difficult to suspend disbelief. For example,
The fact that the school new the details of Rose's father's death, which Rose and her mother tried to keep hidden, but not the fact that Rose's mother was an outspoken feminist. - The book has a very narrow conceptualization of dark academia.
- Arguably, the worst bit of this book is it's fake feminism. This book was lauded as feminist literature, again a misrepresentation, when the feminism in it is very underdeveloped. It lacks intersectionality. The mentions of sexuality and race in this book are not explored in a meaningful way. The cast, and tone and ethos and etc., of this book was exceptionally white, cis, and straight. It didn't address these issues brought up in the book enough. Rose was raised by a prominent feminist but disliked feminism. I also felt she was exceptionally judgmental of other women. Many Greco-Roman stories were used in this text and the author did not discuss actual current feminist critiques of this text. The discussion around autonomy and choice was honestly disheartening. She basically describes women having no choices as a good thing that changed history.
- Finally, there were so many issues that this book could have touched on that it didn't including: colonialism, socioeconomic status, autonomy, cultural transfer, education, and the meaning of indoctrination. I know that this book technically discussed class, but it was done in such a way that it didn't explicitly critique how wealth is hoarded and maintained by taking from other people.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide
Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Abortion, and Gaslighting
frecca95'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
issiwerro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Abortion
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment