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zombiezami's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Addiction, Death, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Vomit
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Self harm, Murder, Stalking, and Gaslighting
Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Grief
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Cancer, Murder, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Abandonment, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Incest, Classism, and Animal cruelty
The schizophrenia/psychosis warning is just in case, as a possible interpretation of a certain twist. I'm not entirely sure this is intentionally the case, and either way I don't think it's accurate.mallory10100'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
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Medical content, Addiction, Suicide, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Vomit
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Violence
Minor: Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Eating disorder, and Excrement
sauvageloup'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? It's complicated
3.25
Pros:
- the writing flowed nicely and made it easy to read. The dialogue always felt realistic and the story carried along nicely.
- it also had quite an original premise which was executed well and I got caught up in seeing how it would all turn out.
- the side characters, Raymond, Laura, Bob, etc. were all well developed and made it feel like a little slice of life.
Cons:
- Didn't really love Eleanor (though the name didn't help) and while feeling vaguely bad for her, i definitely didn't 'sob and sob' like the one reviewer did. Some bits did hit too hard and just made me feel bad. The tone really reminded me of 'A man called Ove' and it was given to me by the same person. Unfortunately I don't think I'm a massive fan of this type of book really - the reality is too painful for me, too personal.
So I think my main disappoint was that I didn't feel much for the book and I won't be reading it again I'm afraid, though it was good for a break after the complicated 'Ninth house' book.
Graphic: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Addiction, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
thirdtimesacharm's review
- 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts