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helenaaliceee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
camjam36's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is the first novel I ever started and finished in a day. It was hard to read. It was even harder not to read. Eve's own little world enraptured me as swiftly and securely as any fantasy from my childhood if not moreso. Eve's sexual identity was painfully relatable in ways I cannot describe. The choices she made were immoral, yet unavoidable. The book is steamy and intense all the way through—in some ways like sharing a sauna on your honeymoon, in others like humid summer's fish market. That is to say, it was as sweet as it was sickening. My lesbian perspective on such a deeply bisexual story is surely preventing me from engaging with it on a deeper level than I already have, but I've still closed this book feeling touched, maybe even a little gently violated. Fishman's prose is robust and extensive, sometimes to its detriment. Character dialogue sometimes reads a little too closely to the ramblings of Eve's mind. Also there are no quotation marks. I tolerated it, but I definitely didn't like it. At all. I did like the book though. I think. Probably.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting
evi1808's review against another edition
it's boring, really boring, the main character is really bland, i could not relate
I do wonder if there is a plot twist at the end?or is the manipulativr narcissist really just that??
I do wonder if there is a plot twist at the end?
mollyybrunton_'s review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
minyardyke's review against another edition
1.0
not to be an hater but this book makes no sense. I'm usually fine with unlikable characters but really, those girls are so weird it's hard for me to even see the man as the manipulative one. and even if he was manipulative I guess they kinda deserve it, cause they love to be treated with zero respect. anyways, I was looking for something more intense and serious but, the whole story is shallow and dumb. wouldn't reread it.
carlycanread's review against another edition
1.5
Forced myself to finish it. Not Sally Rooney. Not reflective in a way that resonated with me at all. The story was promising but fell off 1/3 of the way in and never got back on course. Nothing happens.
chiara029's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- 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