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valent1ne's review
3.25
The thing that bugged me most was the plot tho, or the lack of it. There were Things That Happened, all dutifully caused by one event or another, going on and on in a way that made sense. There were lots of Things That Happened As Results Of Other Things, lots of Small In-Between Goals, but there wasn’t any overarching plot at all. There was no Big Final Goal or Thing To Do before the story ended, they just wandered from one problem to the next until the author decided to end it. (Also, the fact that the main character was a clone, and this was almost never relevant except when the author wanted to point out that This Isn’t Something That’s Possible for a clone - except for this one it is 💕 This was not ever explained.)
Anyway !! This sounds overwhelmingly negative, but I did actually enjoy this book, though it got sad at the end. It was interesting and it held my attention, but it just wasn’t well written.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Suicide
oodles17's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Medical content
Moderate: Pregnancy
kt2e56'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
5.0
The parts where Martine can’t figure out what *she* wants versus what she was created to want were really just so chilling. Reading the acknowledgements at the end and discovering that the author is also a survivor helped process a lot of this for me and my instincts about why certain aspects of this book crawled under my skin.
Definitely give this one a read if you can.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Sexual content
Deals a lot with grooming but of an adult who is abooksandteatime's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Abortion
corar's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Car accident
jazhandz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse
Minor: Abortion, Blood, and Suicide
cfell's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Suicide and Abortion
robinsong's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Minor: Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, and Death of parent
cammiem8'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
3.5
Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Gore, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Suicide, and Pregnancy
Minor: Abortion and Abandonment
There is a scene where a pregnant character is experiencing heavy bleeding and worries that she might miscarry, but she and the baby are fine. Also general existential horror of dehumanization.knitterscasket's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Body horror, and Emotional abuse