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rianafrazier's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book left me SHOOK. Without giving away anything, there were certain plot points that I was not expecting. Edith was beautifully tragic and I feel the book reflected very well what women of that time period must have felt.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Death
Minor: Classism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
tpoumele's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Infidelity
Minor: Abandonment
jowmy4's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
I found this book really absorbing. It was very different from anything else I have read which was written in a similar time period, so I genuinely had no idea how it was going to end. The heroine's thought processes, emotions and actions seemed realistic, and it was easy to feel for her situation, which felt both quite modern and also of-its-time. I really liked the main romantic interest, and it was much easier to understand why the heroine liked him than it is for most novels with romance plots, but he felt like a real person rather than a 'hero'. There were several interesting side-characters as well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Racism
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