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hotkoolaidpotato's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Very good. Hard to get into at first, but very good read. Surprisingly the main character losing her mind wasn't the most disturbing part of the book. Very compelling description of mental illness. Excited to read more from this author!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Incest, Sexual content, and Suicide
juliehau's review against another edition
dark
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Tove Ditlevsen's writing really made it feel like i was going insane along with Lise Mundus. I don't think I'll recover from this book any time soon.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Incest, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Forced institutionalization
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