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hello_lovely13's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Abortion, and Confinement
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Cancer, Torture, Violence, and Death
Minor: Sexual content and Animal death
Licenickeyrc's review
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abortion
csh2424's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion and Sexual harassment
lucyisabella's review
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
I felt like there were bits and pieces of the story that caught my attention but the stuff in between wasn’t interesting to me at all and was hard to get through.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
callmebella's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
ankonyx's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy
Minor: Gore
constancely's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
It was interesting because I learned some things about China I didn't know about but... The main characters are very dislikeable. The only relevant woman in this book doesn't even have a name, but we sure have descriptions of her body. There's character development but it's for the worse. The best part of the book is the ending when the girl leaves them all and goes live her own life, really.
Content Warnings
Minor: Abortion
__hel__'s review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-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
2.25
it's sucks. like what the hell. genuinely wanted to punch everyone like gross.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Cancer
ephskx's review
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
the book was good at first but then i just found myself waiting for it to be over.
i don't really understand a lot of the subtext, i think. but it was a very 'real' story in the sense that i cared about these characters and loved seeing all the facets of their personalities.
read the book for school.
rating 2.5 bc it was in between being an okay book and a book that i liked. i found some scenes very uncomfortable to read, especially the one told from an old character's perspective. it was too creepy.
i don't really understand a lot of the subtext, i think. but it was a very 'real' story in the sense that i cared about these characters and loved seeing all the facets of their personalities.
read the book for school.
rating 2.5 bc it was in between being an okay book and a book that i liked. i found some scenes very uncomfortable to read, especially the one told from an old character's perspective. it was too creepy.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
whisper88's review
reflective
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
A one-gulp must read, esp. for students with little to no knowledge (aka the whole western hemisphere) of China's cultural revolution.
Growing up in rural Minnesota means that what little diversity taught in school has nothing to do with anything of or related to the Asian continent. (I do mean that literally- as far as we knew both World Wars were solely with Germany -.-) And heaven forbid the topic of "Sex" should ever be mentioned- much less abortion...
If you were raised in a similar society I recommend finding some kind of online discussion page to really dive deep into the nuances of this book. It may be small but is packed with literary themes like censorship, education, and casteism. The beauty of this book is that even with little to no knowledge of the setting the reader can relate to the coming of age romance and the blissful escapism books can provide.
Growing up in rural Minnesota means that what little diversity taught in school has nothing to do with anything of or related to the Asian continent. (I do mean that literally- as far as we knew both World Wars were solely with Germany -.-) And heaven forbid the topic of "Sex" should ever be mentioned- much less abortion...
If you were raised in a similar society I recommend finding some kind of online discussion page to really dive deep into the nuances of this book. It may be small but is packed with literary themes like censorship, education, and casteism. The beauty of this book is that even with little to no knowledge of the setting the reader can relate to the coming of age romance and the blissful escapism books can provide.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Sexual content
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