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mikaylaslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Xenophobia and Classism
Moderate: Slavery and Racial slurs
Minor: Alcohol
vanadiumbean's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Chronic illness and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcohol, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, and Slavery
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, and Bullying
Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
lynching, hanging, misogynoirtaleofabibliophile's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Bullying
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual harassment and Blood
rebthack's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Violence
kayladaila's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Stacey Lee seamlessly touches on so many themes over the course of The Downstairs Girl. My favorite was Lee’s handling of intersectional feminism. From Jo’s column to her involvement with the Women’s Rights movement, there is so much to unpack, and sadly, most of it still needs to be unpacked today.
The Downstairs Girl reminded me of Last Night at the Telegraph Club. It didn’t help that Emily Woo Zeller read the audiobook for both. However, they are both about young Chinese American women dealing with inter-generational conflict and discrimination. I think these books are worth looking at next to each other.
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Abandonment and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Rape
bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Slavery
Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying
jashanac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Sexism
Minor: Sexual harassment
wear_sun_screen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Blood, Infidelity, and Violence
kierscrivener's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.25
I really loved how this captured era, this was a time of extreme change around the world as women were lobbying for their rights and the world was being thrust into the modern era. I thought the conversation around race and feminism was amazing. Especially the Asian community is erased from many narratives especially historical.
My biggest complaint was that I thought that the supporting characters could use a lot of development and that the climax/end was too easily wrapped up. I would have liked it to be longer and maybe less easy. But that is me falling more on the realism than hopeful side of the spectrum.
Overall, a beautifully written and well developed world without a perfect execution.
If you are looking for diverse historical fiction I would recommend!
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexism
sexual harassment