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cnannery19's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Gaslighting
_charliesbooks_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Mental illness, Cursing, Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse
mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I'm still too overwhelmed to write an adequate review...
This was hard to get into, and all around pretty intense...but it fully sucked me in. Almost every character was unlikable and fairly un-relatable (mostly where wealth is concerned), and yet each was fascinating. I read this so fast I made myself sick. Olivie's writing is interesting, and there are some things I'm still not sure I understand...I'm going to need to let this marinate and come back with an official rating and review.
'When you learn a new word, you suddenly see it everywhere. The mind comforts itself by believing this to be coincidence but it isn't -- it's ignorance falling away. You future self will always see what your present self is blind to. This is the problem with mortality, which is in fact a problem of time.'
"So, somewhere out there, there's a hive of lady bees killing people for vengeance instead of doing what they're supposed to do?"
" yes, probably"
"That's--" Encouraging. Invigorating, even. Temporarily mesmerizing. "Interesting."
'Settle over me like the tide, cover me like a blanket, wrap around me like the sun.'
'See, I had a genius between my legs and held him inside me and swallowed him up, and then I made his brilliance mine.'
'I want you to say everything, anything. I want to have your thoughts, I want to bottle them, I want to put them in my drawer for safe keeping'
'It's you and me alone in the ether and you don't even know it, you don't even care, but still you are tied to this, and to me, and so be it, really.
So be it. This is what it means to live.'
'Because you and I, we are so different, aren't we, and yet we are more like each other than the rest of the world is like us, and for that I bless you, I condemn you, I sanctify you, I sustain you.'
This was hard to get into, and all around pretty intense...but it fully sucked me in. Almost every character was unlikable and fairly un-relatable (mostly where wealth is concerned), and yet each was fascinating. I read this so fast I made myself sick. Olivie's writing is interesting, and there are some things I'm still not sure I understand...I'm going to need to let this marinate and come back with an official rating and review.
'When you learn a new word, you suddenly see it everywhere. The mind comforts itself by believing this to be coincidence but it isn't -- it's ignorance falling away. You future self will always see what your present self is blind to. This is the problem with mortality, which is in fact a problem of time.'
"So, somewhere out there, there's a hive of lady bees killing people for vengeance instead of doing what they're supposed to do?"
" yes, probably"
"That's--" Encouraging. Invigorating, even. Temporarily mesmerizing. "Interesting."
'Settle over me like the tide, cover me like a blanket, wrap around me like the sun.'
'See, I had a genius between my legs and held him inside me and swallowed him up, and then I made his brilliance mine.'
'I want you to say everything, anything. I want to have your thoughts, I want to bottle them, I want to put them in my drawer for safe keeping'
'It's you and me alone in the ether and you don't even know it, you don't even care, but still you are tied to this, and to me, and so be it, really.
So be it. This is what it means to live.'
'Because you and I, we are so different, aren't we, and yet we are more like each other than the rest of the world is like us, and for that I bless you, I condemn you, I sanctify you, I sustain you.'
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
kittkat's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Fuck Marcπ€¬!
Regan arbeitet in einem Museum, sie wollte mal KΓΌnstlerin werden, aber stattdessen ist sie fast im GefΓ€ngnis gelandet. Regan hat einige Probleme, die sie aber nicht ganz offen mit allen teilt, nach auΓen wirkt sie fΓΌr alle wie ein kompliziertes Problem, das man sowieso nicht lΓΆsen kann, also warum sollte man sich nΓ€her mir ihr beschΓ€ftigen?
Aldo ist wohl der furchtbarste Mathe Prof aller UniversitΓ€ten der ganzen Welt. Meistens denkt er ΓΌber theoretische Mathematikprobleme, Quantenphysik oder Bienen nach (die Reihenfolge hier ist arbitrΓ€r). Sein grΓΆΓtes Problem als Dozent ist jedoch nur, dass er nichts wirklich verstΓ€ndlich erklΓ€ren kann und er will das auch gar nicht kΓΆnnen. Ignorant king πββοΈ! Aber dahinter stecken auch ganz viele eigene Probleme und vielleicht braucht er einfach diese Distanz zu anderen.
6 GesprΓ€che kΓΆnnten alles Γ€ndern. Oder auch nicht, aber sie werden nicht mehr zu ihrem vorherigen Leben zurΓΌckkehren kΓΆnnen. π€
Schreibstil: 12/10 - genau so wie ich mir perfektes Storytelling vorstellen. Wenn ichs beschreiben mΓΌsste, wΓΌrde ich sagen, es ist sehr βstream of consciousnessβ (= so wie wir denken-mΓ€Γig)
Charaktere: sind echt/10 - ich kann nicht mehr ohne sie leben
Marc: -β/10
Regan arbeitet in einem Museum, sie wollte mal KΓΌnstlerin werden, aber stattdessen ist sie fast im GefΓ€ngnis gelandet. Regan hat einige Probleme, die sie aber nicht ganz offen mit allen teilt, nach auΓen wirkt sie fΓΌr alle wie ein kompliziertes Problem, das man sowieso nicht lΓΆsen kann, also warum sollte man sich nΓ€her mir ihr beschΓ€ftigen?
Aldo ist wohl der furchtbarste Mathe Prof aller UniversitΓ€ten der ganzen Welt. Meistens denkt er ΓΌber theoretische Mathematikprobleme, Quantenphysik oder Bienen nach (die Reihenfolge hier ist arbitrΓ€r). Sein grΓΆΓtes Problem als Dozent ist jedoch nur, dass er nichts wirklich verstΓ€ndlich erklΓ€ren kann und er will das auch gar nicht kΓΆnnen. Ignorant king πββοΈ! Aber dahinter stecken auch ganz viele eigene Probleme und vielleicht braucht er einfach diese Distanz zu anderen.
6 GesprΓ€che kΓΆnnten alles Γ€ndern. Oder auch nicht, aber sie werden nicht mehr zu ihrem vorherigen Leben zurΓΌckkehren kΓΆnnen. π€
Schreibstil: 12/10 - genau so wie ich mir perfektes Storytelling vorstellen. Wenn ichs beschreiben mΓΌsste, wΓΌrde ich sagen, es ist sehr βstream of consciousnessβ (= so wie wir denken-mΓ€Γig)
Charaktere: sind echt/10 - ich kann nicht mehr ohne sie leben
Marc: -β/10
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Addiction
arturo_luzen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Classism
cobaltmade's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-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
im totally inlove with AldoRegan no one can stop me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Drug use
Moderate: Drug abuse
horizonous's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
β¦ Mental illness = Bipolar disorder, depressionanusha30's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
tabbed_reads2much's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
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
2.75
To any person working through their abuse trauma: this book is not for you right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
_simplyrochellereads's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
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
4.0
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Addiction