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Il caos da cui veniamo by Lucia Olivieri, Tiffany McDaniel

55 reviews

zoedale's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm glad I listened to this book on audible because it was really dense but I really enjoyed the writing and the point of view. This is the type of book that you could read over and over again and uncover new things that you didnt notice the first time. It's an extremely sad story that covers a wide range of important topics including life, love, and family as well as many difficult topics like racism, rape, suicide, etc. I think it was a very well written book and that many people should read it, it kinda reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird a little and I feel like it could be a classic. I just didnt get immersed in the story. It was a devastating story with many twists and turns but I couldnt really identify a plot other than the audience witnessing events as Betty grew up which was as a said very well done but not very captivating. Additionally, the end was very anticlimactic in my opinion as if the author wanted to quickly wrap the story up when I think there could have been more reflection and detail included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion

hcowie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Grief, and Emotional abuse

katiehartsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, and Incest

celinechdh's review against another edition

it was too hard to read 

reading this book broke me: it was so harsh and beautiful and sad and depicted the horrible truth, without covering any of it. the diff between the magical world of betty’s father, his connexion to nature, to realness and beauty, and the horror of real life was so wonderful 

it was really worth reading, though really hard to 
tw: everything 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Xenophobia

megknott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment