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The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

2 reviews

oceange's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

moonlunatik's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

2.5

This book is just so weird. It's definitely not a pleasant read but at the same time I couldn't bring myself to put it down. The characters are pretty much all awful human beings so sometime it was really difficult to get through some scenes but at the same time I kinda wanted to see where they would end up.

I have read other books by Margaret Atwood so I'm not a stranger to her unpleasant characters but usually there's a bit more of a payoff at the so this book left me a bit disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse