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jeffgoldblumsbeats's review
3.5
Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Self harm
nineinchnails'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Mental illness
Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Body dysmorphiasandy_panini's review against another edition
Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic friendship
xosevenusagbadan'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, and Classism
Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Miscarriage
kpiel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The characters are very human, with deep human flaws, and making true human mistakes. And I think that is why it was so tough to keep reading, because there are parts of the characters that I see in myself and/or others that I’m close to. And reading something that hits a little too close to home doesn’t give me the escape that I usually seek when turning to books. But I understand that this was likely the point of the book— a realistic, raw view of one perspective of the human experience.
Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Chronic illness
ruth_power's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Racism, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Sexism, and Infidelity
saradtotheb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Blood and Vomit
jmflint27'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
4.0
Not enjoying or liking it is subjective. In many ways I found this really difficult to read - I should’ve known better as I struggle with one of the main themes in the book (infidelity). But that being said - I wasn’t prepared for how unlikeable the characters would be beyond this theme. I constantly wanted to slap them upside the head or shake them silly, and the whiny internal monologue of the narrator is painful at times.
But all of that being said - there’s something beautiful about it. Even though I really didn’t like the way the dialogue was written (no quotation marks were used), the wit and thought behind them was clearly there. Rooney clearly knows how to write and describes things in a way that really shake you to your core and almost make you feel intense amounts of empathy for even the most selfish of people.
Generally I had really mixed feelings and am proud of myself for finishing the book - there were times I didn’t want to.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Self harm
hello_lovely13'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Self harm
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Chronic illness and Miscarriage
kashrae99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Medical content, Blood, Chronic illness, and Classism
Minor: Infertility and Vomit