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mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Clueless meets Mean Girls meets a really bad trip, I could not put this down. Compulsive, claustrophobic, compelling and downright bizarre. I loved it.
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Confinement, Classism, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault
katerina_l's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Blood
erinoconnor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug abuse, Violence, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Torture, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Body horror, Drug use, and Stalking
paperkindle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Violence, Animal death, and Death
Oooookay?alexiconic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
but that was also frustrating. we got so lost in samantha's mind (which is an impressive writing feat, so clearly masterfully done), that it was incredibly hard to find the "point" of the story. the book feels like it has so much to say, so much that it can say, and i wish for there to be a "point" to it all. for the book, or the author, to tell me how to read it, how to interpret it. but maybe the beauty is in how multi-interpretable it is, in the end, and maybe the fact that i feel this frustration only means the writing is that good, because this is a book that i keep coming back to and re-thinking about.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence
booklover_04's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, and Torture
samflowerv6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I WORSHIP YOU MONA AWAD!! Any freaks who like this book (myself included) are my favorite.
âCan I take your coat?â Cupcake offers. I turn to her. Sheâs looking at me so hopefully. So willing to take a coat Iâm not wearing, I almost want to give her my skin.â
âWhat do you think, Samantha?â Fosco asks me. That itâs a piece of pretentious shit. That it says nothing, gives nothing. That I donât understand it, that probably no one does and no one ever will. That not being understood is a privilege I canât afford. That I canât believe this woman got paid to come here. That I think she should apologize to trees. Spend a whole day on her knees in the forest, looking up at the trembling aspens and oaks and whatever other trees paper is made of with tears in her languid eyes and say, Iâm fucking sorry. Iâm sorry that I think Iâm so goddamned interesting when it is clear that I am not interesting. Hereâs what I am: Iâm a boring tree murderess. But I look at Vignette, at Creepy Doll, at Cupcake, the Duchess. All of them staring at me now with shy smiles. âI think Iâd like to see more of the soup too,â I hear myself say.â
âI look at all of my dreams and nightmares distilled into one man-shaped shape. All the love and hate I have in my heart plus one fucking bunny.â
âBehold the lavish tent under which the overeducated mingle, well versed in every art but the one of conversation.â
âThey laugh. Whatâs so fucking funny? I want to say. But I donât. I laugh with them. Ha. Haha. Hahaha.â
How empty and emptied I felt walking away with all my words still on his floor. Wanting so badly to pick them back up. Take it all back. Wipe away the night, my dumb tears, my endless tumbling out of words. I never meant to give this to you.
âTheir cheeks are plump and pink and shining like theyâve been eating too much sugar, but actually itâs Gossip Glow, the flushed look that comes from throwing another woman under the bus.â
âWe've read Jane Eyre too, you cunt, and we've read The Waves, and when we read it, you know, we wept for minutes."
âWhenever I read one of Victoriaâs vignettes, I always feel so dumb because I can hardly understand them at all. And then I blame myself. I think, Kira, this must be just too brilliant for you to grasp. Surely you must have missed something. Even though thereâs always been this small voice inside of me that says, Um, what the fuck is this, please? This makes no sense. This is coy and this is willfully obscure and no one but Victoria will ever get this. I would in fact need to live inside Victoriaâs spoiled, fragmented, lazy, pretentious little mind to get it. And who apart from us, apart from me, is going to be willing to do that? To work all night with a Victoria Decoder? Who would even care to? And then I feel like screaming JUST SAY IT. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK THIS MEANS AND WHAT YOU DID WITH HIM EXACTLY.â
âRead. Be a guest in other worlds.â
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Classism, Violence, Body shaming, and Cursing
scmiller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Classism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Self harm
Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Self harm, Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Torture, and Kidnapping
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
livcab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Animal death
bold_badger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse
Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Drug use