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meganbomberger's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
liked the first half a lot - last half was weird and lost a lot of the charm in the main characters relationship that i liked
whitneysederberg's review against another edition
2.0
some interesting ideas but very boring book. i appreciate when a novel set in new york moves beyond manhattan but this author describes all of brooklyn like it’s suburban williamsburg when crown heights/bedstuy are like. not that lol.
isabell99's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.5
the book description sounded so interesting, i have rarely been so disappointed by a book. it managed to stay strangely superficial while trying to ask profound questions (emphasis on trying).
this book felt obnoxiously pretentious, wannabe pompous, and the author made the characters nothing but annoying. i can’t stand neither Eve nor Nathan. especially in the beginning, Olivia seemed more like a caricature of a human being than an actual person. although she and Fatima were the only characters in this book i didn’t hate.
almost DNF this, but i’m glad i read the whole thing, because at least now i can confidently say that i won’t be recommending this book to anyone ever.
this book felt obnoxiously pretentious, wannabe pompous, and the author made the characters nothing but annoying. i can’t stand neither Eve nor Nathan. especially in the beginning, Olivia seemed more like a caricature of a human being than an actual person. although she and Fatima were the only characters in this book i didn’t hate.
almost DNF this, but i’m glad i read the whole thing, because at least now i can confidently say that i won’t be recommending this book to anyone ever.
klor's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
i do not support all women, some of u bitches are very dumb !!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence
helenaaliceee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
camjam36's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
This is the first novel I ever started and finished in a day. It was hard to read. It was even harder not to read. Eve's own little world enraptured me as swiftly and securely as any fantasy from my childhood if not moreso. Eve's sexual identity was painfully relatable in ways I cannot describe. The choices she made were immoral, yet unavoidable. The book is steamy and intense all the way through—in some ways like sharing a sauna on your honeymoon, in others like humid summer's fish market. That is to say, it was as sweet as it was sickening. My lesbian perspective on such a deeply bisexual story is surely preventing me from engaging with it on a deeper level than I already have, but I've still closed this book feeling touched, maybe even a little gently violated. Fishman's prose is robust and extensive, sometimes to its detriment. Character dialogue sometimes reads a little too closely to the ramblings of Eve's mind. Also there are no quotation marks. I tolerated it, but I definitely didn't like it. At all. I did like the book though. I think. Probably.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting
evi1808's review against another edition
it's boring, really boring, the main character is really bland, i could not relate
I do wonder if there is a plot twist at the end?or is the manipulativr narcissist really just that??
I do wonder if there is a plot twist at the end?
mollyybrunton_'s review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- 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? Yes
3.0