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emilyseebold's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
roguedaffodil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia
jenna_rae13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
swinevenus'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
kalasbea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Stalking and Death of parent
jayismit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Sexism
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
icarusandthesun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
i picked this up because i saw a youtube short that basically said something along the lines of "i'm halfway through this book and i feel sick" backdropped by a picture of the first page, adorned with the very eye-catching first sentence:
i liked hurting girls.
i was intrigued, because i'm a fan of all things dark, disgusting, disturbing, mental.
and the first third was quite good, actually - funny (the narrator taking the "pith" out of someone's "lithsp" was probably the funniest thing i've read in a book ever) and cynical; the reader absolutely appalled by the narrator and yet being met with smart and relatable quotes, self-aware, realistic observations about life and the relationships we choose to fill it with.
but all of that sort of got lost as the story progressed: the narrator becoming an emblem in AA (alcoholics anonymous), getting a good job, fretting about the future, describing his boring and mid-life-crisis way of living, and tiring everyday life.
halfway through, this turned into some sort of self-pitying self-help book written by a touch-deprived middle-aged man.
and the thing with aisling, right...
the thing we've been waiting for since page one.
it was nothing.
infuriating, considering i read 140 slow and excruciating pages to get to this point just to be disappointed like every girl the narrator fooled back in his prime time. (ironic, if you think about it.)
yeah, i just expected something a little different. i wanted disgusting, unhinged. i wanted another humbert humbert (shame on whoever it was who compared this book to lolita in the synopsis).
i wanted so much more than this.
but alas.
Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny
Minor: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
readwithsophsx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism
keliza23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Stalking and Death of parent
real_vivi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Misogyny
Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts