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sprucewillow's review
- 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
Ending was a bit lackluster but I can forgive that.
This is how I like historical fiction.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic friendship
some_random_person_hi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, and Racism
Minor: Police brutality, War, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Confinement
Underage drinking & underage smoking. (Not explicitly condemned in text.)nightworldlove'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
4.75
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Gaslighting
Minor: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Outing, Sexism, and Xenophobia
avisreadsandreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Misogyny
Minor: Drug use, Deportation, Miscarriage, and War
cjslillibrary'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Homophobia
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
cheesiefries's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Homophobia, Racism, War, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Xenophobia, Deportation, Hate crime, and Lesbophobia
leweylibrary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Quotes:
- They had been in the same classes together for years, but it was as if they had been figurines on an automated diorama, moving on mechanical tracks that approached each other but never intersected until now. Today they had broken free from those prescribed grooves, and Lily was acutely aware of the unprecedented nature of their new friendliness. (56)
- America had given her so much in the 4 years since she arrived, but it also regularly reminded her of how it saw people like her. (305)
-Lily felt as if she were stuck on a broken track and a diorama, as if she were not herself, but merely the figurine of a Chinese girl that kept jerking back to the beginning rather than continuing through her miniature world. It was clear that if she agreed with her mother--and Shirley--if she would only tell them what they wanted to hear, then she can move forward on her prescribed path. But that would mean a racing all of her trips to the Telegraph Club; It would mean denying her desire to go at all. It meant suppressing her feelings for Kath, and at that moment, her feelings seem to swell inside her. So painfully that she was terrified she might burst. (327) - "But we're never what our parents expected. They have to learn that lesson." (339)
- A few hours at home and the Telegraph Club seemed more like a fantasy than a real thing. This troubled her. It felt as if someone had taken an eraser to her memory--to her very self--and rubbed at it, then blown away the remains. (369)
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Homophobia
Moderate: Alcohol and Misogyny
Minor: Drug use, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality
admunro20's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Outing, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Deportation and Domestic abuse
parasolcrafter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Outing, Classism, Bullying, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: War, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
linnea1801's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Miscarriage, Deportation, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment
Minor: War and Forced institutionalization