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kriee'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Suicide, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, and Suicide attempt
unhallowing'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Incest, Murder, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Homophobia, Classism, Sexual violence, Blood, and Domestic abuse
cviii's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Homophobia, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Misogyny
Minor: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Stalking, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry
bookish_kori's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide, Murder, Classism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Death
Moderate: Incest, Racism, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Gun violence
Genuinely just so much alcoholism and cocaine consumption, as well as substance abuse with any number of unprescribed prescription medications mixed with both of the above.taleofabibliophile's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Incest, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Misogyny, Racism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Confinement
Moderate: Medical content and Eating disorder
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, Antisemitism, Infidelity, Car accident, and Cancer
lyrapollock's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Incest, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Classism, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
anton13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
After all of this I’m just left with one question:
What did Henry whisper to Camilla?
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Murder, Blood, Cursing, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Drug use
Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm
tomoonarmy's review against another edition
Graphic: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Death, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Car accident, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Cursing
uhh_sydney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Minor: Classism, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Infidelity
excepto's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
It is fascinating to read that and it raises the weird urge of suddenly wanting to study classics, go round a bunch of charity shops, changing the entirety of your wardrobe, and picking up a bunch of old philosophy books and also homer. This is especially enticing when in the first half of the book. At the same time you know how the story is going to end from the very beginning, in a bold move Tart decides to lay out her ending on the very first page.
It is interesting to look at the depiction of a 80s(?) American college campus and seeing the various groups and subcultures that function there. By Richard's classification I'm afraid I'm firmly placed in the hippy camp, hacky-sacking on the grass bare-foot.
At the same time the elitism of the protagonists is quite startling, just taking out cash out of their pockets on a whim. We get an interesting view of that from Richard's side who is not from money, but yet somehow manages to get on with their crowd. At places we have Henry voicing quite 'worrying' statements about how only the greats should have a say about the world, I'm not entirely sure what the book is trying to make me think of that as even Richard himself does not react to this very strongly.
I also notice how easily lying comes to Richard and it just seems odd to me, but maybe I just give a lot of consideration to truth.
The ending is quite heavy and depressing, I somehow hoped for something better, but should have known what was coming.
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Drug use, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Religious bigotry