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maddie_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Very interesting read. I can see how it's not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed the humour throughout the book and the pop culture references.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Cancer, Animal death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual content, Gun violence, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
torismazarine'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? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Incest, Murder, Cancer, Medical content, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Chronic illness
Minor: Self harm, Alcohol, and Pregnancy
nikenacs'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcohol
jencolumb0'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cancer, and Torture
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Homophobia
Minor: Antisemitism, War, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit
Specific issues to flag generally covered by the content warnings above: graphic description of dismemberment, passing reference to tattoos from German concentration camps during WWII, and discussion of incestuous child sex abuse that provides the general idea of what happened but does not get into too many details and is positively resolved.atamano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Pedophilia, Blood, Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Suicide, and Confinement
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and War
danpeachey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Murder, Suicide, and Pregnancy
crizzle's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Pedophilia, Medical content, Suicide, Murder, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
Moderate: Cursing, Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Gore, Incest, and Pregnancy
pershie13'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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Sexual content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Grief, and Religious bigotry
ollie_again'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Cancer, Pedophilia, and Suicide
Minor: Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Incest
znvisser'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Furthermore, I ran into quite a few of my pet peeves, which didn’t contribute to my reading experience. The author, through his instrument of the storyteller, exudes an air of arrogance: women are described through a male gaze (even when Lucie meets herself), Nigeria and the US through a European gaze, and religion through an atheist gaze. There was no reason to not explore this more humbly. And on a less serious note: I just don’t enjoy writers writing about writing. It only works for me in very few instances, and this was definitely not one of those. It was made worse by the writer in this book having written a book called ‘the anomaly’ too, which kept popping up so often it became quite central to the story, even quoting from its imaginary pages as if it were the most brilliant thing ever written. Was this supposed to be clever, or funny? Similarly, was it supposed to be clever or funny to make a caricature out of a president that has hurt so many lives?
For me this story would have improved immensely by just sticking to the relational aspect through a limited number of characters. Now it was just an ok read.
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry