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vixenreader'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Eating disorder, Classism, Death, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cursing
Be aware that there is sibling incest, Münchausen syndrome by proxy, slut-shaming, and changing identities in order to get out of a hostile situation.annniina98's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child death, Rape, and Incest
dsaiz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Xenophobia, Vomit, Eating disorder, and War
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Rape and Incest
bedtimesandbooks's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Classism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Child death
icieri's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Rape
shmerbal's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Incest and Rape
amberinbookland's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Rape, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Child death, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, and Excrement
alisonkolonick's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Religious bigotry
Moderate: Sexual assault
bethboo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I would not have approached this title without seeing the movie first. But the characters were faceted and realistic and it gave a morose and vacant type of vibe to the story.
I will say that the MC is much more stoic and stronger in the movie. She's more emotional and prone to outbursts in the book.
I'm a sucker for a story where kids are in trouble and a parental figure is there to save them.
I liked the moments when Lib thought she was the only sane person in that forsaken town.
I thought this was very well written and the religious zealotry was a great revolving point for the plot
Things the movie had that were not in the book:
Weird sex and masturbation scene
Drug induced stupors and addiction to said drug
The journalist's back ground was a little different
Graphic: Religious bigotry and Eating disorder
Minor: Sexual assault and Incest
jhbandcats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
This story exposes the idiocy of blindly following a mystical religion in the face of all evidence that a girl is starving to death rather than that the spirit of the Catholic god is keeping her alive as one of his miracles. Nurse Wright’s change of heart as she comes to know Anna, from skeptical and angry at the fraudsters, to loving and frightened as the girl wastes away, is masterfully shown through interior monologue.
With detailed scenes of Ireland only a few years after the Great Famine, two compelling main characters, and an unusual and mysterious plot, this is a fascinating and intriguing story.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Child abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Child death, Colonisation, and Pedophilia