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booksbutmakeitgay'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
1.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Self harm, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Incest, Islamophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
jrcrawf'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
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Rape
juliettea'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: Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Classism, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Drug use, Biphobia, Blood, Violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Misogyny, Grief, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Homophobia, and Incest
Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Vomit, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Outing, Gore, Violence, and Gaslighting
katalina'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
3.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Suicide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
_morgan'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Incest
Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
funmilayo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
To make the reader care so deeply about characters so rotten and unlikeable is quite an impressive thing. None of the characters are good but all of them are incredibly real. Donna Tartt's writing is unbelievably vivid and beautifully haunting. I have never read anything quite like this novel and I doubt that I shall ever read anything like it again. The story starts out somewhat slow but it is more than worth it to get through those first few pages. I don't really know what else to say about this book so I'll just add some of my favourite Quotes.
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
“There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.”
“Why does that obstinate little voice in our heads torment us so? Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls – which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one’s burned tongues and skinned knees, that one’s aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow older, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us. Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that’s why we’re so anxious to lose them, don’t you think?”
"some things are too terrible to grasp at once. other things – naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror – are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. it is only later, in solitude, in memory, that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself – quite to one's surprise – in an entirely different world."
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Antisemitism, Bullying, Cancer, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
ainhoalikesbooksandmangos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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Ok. Like a week has pased ,and i can't stop thinking about it. I love the vibes, the process of reading it has been connected to me relaxing in my commute. I also love the convos that i have found online about it, and the cool creative things that people do. So I'm changing my stars from 2.5 to 4. I know, pretty crazy. Will i read it again? I don't know yet because it's really dense. But probably yes. In the future.
Bye.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Sexual harassment
kenzie26'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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
spookystag's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Blood and Bullying
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
snailondawindow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Antisemitism