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jodierose14'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Vomit, Animal death, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction and Suicide
Minor: Miscarriage
luelle_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Infertility, and Excrement
sabrielsbell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit
clacksee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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fewer than one in a millionOur nameless heroine is pretty much the worst possible person to survive something like this. She's selfish, tedious, insipid. She wilfully condemns various helpless animals to death, acknowledging their desperation and then moving on. Not since Heathcliff and Catherine have I come across main characters I hated so intensely.
As we get to know her, we see she's been battling severe depression and crippling anxiety for years even before the pandemic. Add PTSD after the fact and, well, she doesn't cope well. But she definitely shows emotional growth over the course of the book – it just takes her a long, long, loooooong time to get there.
It reminded me a lot of Anne Corlett's The Space Between the Stars.
To be honest, I'm not certain whether I actually liked this book. For a solid 90% of it, I despised the main character. But I'll tell you what: I could not put it down. And I've got such a serious book hangover from it, that I haven't been able to get into another book since.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Grief
_bookishbella's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Death, and Blood