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daniellekat's review against another edition
So boring and waaaaay too descriptive for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content and Stalking
not_today_seitan's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
If you like The Stanger, you will like this. If you hate The Stranger, stay away.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Murder
Minor: Stalking
purplepenning's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is literary fiction. It has undertones of dark, satirical humor, but it's not really funny, it's not a romance, and it's definitely not a rom-com. I understand the appeal of a darkly funny modern Walter Mitty character, murderously daydreaming a way out of her appalling marriage, but... I will never understand the appeal of a whole novel with no likeable characters. There's a little less than one half of a likeable character in this entire book, and that's counting the dog. In addition, the plot delivery was too reflective of the stifling, repetitive, unhappy, upperclass life it was representing, leaving me with very little to enjoy other than, occasionally, an interesting turn of phrase or mildly satisfying escalation in the predicted drama.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Fatphobia, Stalking, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Gore, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
aliteraryescape's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Blood
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