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beniamino's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
4.75
Essentially, this book is "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" written so much better and more realistically. It's a treatise on bad men, womanhood, reality vs. fiction (acting vs. authenticity); it's a fantastic book about what it means to be a woman in a "man's world," about Irishness, about secrets, about finding peace in a world so loud.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Rape
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
5aru's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
There is a sadness, or a strange sense of melancholy, to Enright's writing that is difficult to describe - yet so poignant, somehow. Each of her sentences drives itself home, precise in a way very few things are. I very much admire this quality; even though I felt I knew what the story was like, or where it was going, it still managed to make me so emotional that I find myself having a hard time placing the book on its shelf.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Dementia
Moderate: Rape
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