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lupitagonzalez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Animal death and Child death
teainthelibrary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Body horror
issymaae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Medical content and Body horror
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, and Terminal illness
ribbenkast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
The prose and storytelling devise were interesting enough. I liked the themes of motherhood, grief and the various motives used by the author. Overall I think this book is very clever and has all the checkmarks of becoming a future classic.
But (and this might be a translation issue) I found it hard to understand what was going on. Despite It's overall literary quality I couldn't quite manage to connect with the book personally. I like unreliable narrotors, especially ones that also have no clue about what is actually happening, but I felt like the hints that are supposed to tell the reader what was actually going on where too hidden away in throwaway lines and are easily missed. You have to be paying attention to every single little word in every sentence and whilst I can respect that whenever an author is doing that, I just didnt care much for it with this particular story.
Also, the back blurb and especially the recommendation qoutes on the inside promised me a bone chilling horror story that would "make me lock the doors at night". Why? The "danger" in the book (if you could call it that) has nothing to do with horror and does not leave you spooked.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child death, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic
athompson0429's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Child death and Chronic illness
applesodaperson'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
2.0
But the format was pretty much the only thing I liked about this book unfortunately. My number one problem was that literally nothing was explained or resolved. I just kept expecting there to be some big reveal where everything clicked into place and I understood what was going on. But that literally never happened. I just ended so incredibly confused. Like I understood what was going on for most of the book, because I think I have above average media literacy, but then none of the plot points or mysteries were resolved. Like I still have no clue what was going on with the poison or the body swapping.
And honestly I don't think about this a lot, but I wonder if the book felt so off because of the translation. I don't know much about how books are translated, but something just felt off about this book, in a way that the other translated books I've read haven't. Usually I don't even notice or think about it when reading a translated book.
Overall I was just very confused by this book.
Read from the BYU library.
Moderate: Child death
opal_scorpio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Animal death
Moderate: Body horror and Mental illness
Minor: Abandonment, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage
librarymouse'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
3.0
I'm sure if I were to read this again and again, I'd find a new understanding each time.
Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness
Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Child death, and Confinement
kalira's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Animal death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Child death