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hollyp20's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit
amy_park's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
3.5
I read this book due to it being longlisted for the women's prize for fiction 2023, the premise intrigued me as I love books focusing on siblings. This book didn't dissapoint, it was heartbreaking and moving. I related to the relationship between Amy and Zoe, although I did find the third-person child perspective grating at times and was dissapointed the narrative voice didn't develop as Amy got older, overall I did enjoy. Topics covered were heartbreaking and not for the fainthearted, I would suggest reading content warnings prior to reading.
Shout out to Charco Press as I loved the quality of the bounding and paper used to create the novel, will definitely read more from the publisher in the future and also intend to read some of Jennifer's translated blacklist as well.
Shout out to Charco Press as I loved the quality of the bounding and paper used to create the novel, will definitely read more from the publisher in the future and also intend to read some of Jennifer's translated blacklist as well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm and Suicide
Minor: Vomit
abbie_'s review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
A beautifully written, unusually structured memoir told in the third person, of the translator Jennifer Croft. I’ve read a few of Croft’s translations and she is hugely talented, so I’m glad for Charco Press’s new Untranslated series for allowing Croft to tell her own story, as opposed to translating others’.
She explores her relationship with her chronically ill sister, the beginning of her love affair with languages and grammar, her brushes with trauma like suicide at far too young an age. The short chapters make it addictive, but there’s no less depth because of the shortness of the chapters.
Loved it!
She explores her relationship with her chronically ill sister, the beginning of her love affair with languages and grammar, her brushes with trauma like suicide at far too young an age. The short chapters make it addictive, but there’s no less depth because of the shortness of the chapters.
Loved it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit
Minor: Gun violence
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