Reviews

The Need by Helen Phillips

louisayd's review against another edition

2.0

The narrator of the audiobook has the most annoying child voice.

soph92__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

tigleo's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

A lot of time wasted for a story that ultimately didn't go anywhere. Waz this written exclusively for mothers who have nursed children?

jheb128's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

kkrato's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

jenhurst's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting idea, loved the weirdness but if there was a top 5 most annoying children in books this is it. It makes me not want to have children

snazzy_suze's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

This book was simultaneously mundane and tense - I read it an an afternoon. It might be a more interesting and meaningful read to a parent, particularly a parent who birthed and breastfed their children. For me it was just kind of boring and gross to read about the narrator lactating every other page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Child death and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Car accident

mags9k's review against another edition

This book is intense! If you like trying to figure out what is reality and what isn't, go for it...I'm still trying to decide what happened at the end...

ummm_megan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5