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isobelthefrog'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? Yes
Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
lauraportalupi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Child death, Death, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
james1star's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Dementia, Classism, Grief, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Animal death, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
headinthepages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
Graphic: Death, Dementia, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent
redroseses's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Sexual assault
Minor: Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Classism, Cursing, and Dementia
kirstym25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder
agirlnamedellie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death
ruthjenkins's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Animal death
ka_cam'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Stalking
Moderate: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical content, Grief, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Misogyny
Minor: Dementia, Animal death, Suicide, and Death of parent
jukietoss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was a book about so many things, and I love how they were all woven together--it was a story of aging, of society's treatment and expectations of the elderly, of the parts of us that soften and long for connection even when we've tried to train ourselves out of that. It's a story of discipline, of revenge, of skill/mastery and of a gradual diminution of mastery as our bodies and minds progress. It's a story of relationships despite one's best efforts to avoid them.
This book was beautiful, compelling, and full of heart in really unusual ways. I really enjoyed not knowing where we were headed and just giving in to the ride. The whole thing kept me surprised and drawn in.
Graphic: Violence and Gore
Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, and Sexual assault