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acrosstheskyinstars's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol
alexandrabelze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Murder and Cancer
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Alcohol, and Animal death
britts_booknook's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, and Fatphobia
linci's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Since the first page I have been transported into a small village of Levant. The atmosphere that Moshfeg creates is ethereal. The cabin, the woods, the community. Before starting the book I didn't know much about the plot, so I was pleasantly surprised by the passages about the relationship between the dog and it's owner. One of my favorite themes throughout the book was the reminiscence of her life with her late partner. The ways in she felt like she could finally be herself only after her husband's death was devastating. The belittlement she felt from Walter all of her life was so scary to think about when you take into consideration that the protagonist is 72 and the majority of her life she had spent with the wrong person. There is a paragraph about how she had to forget about her roots to live a comfortable life with him and I cannot stop thinking about how many people settle for something only because it's comfortable. The main plot driven by a note found on page 1, still remains unanswered because of Moshfeg's exceptional way of writing unreliable narrators and leaves much to the readers to figure out themselves.
Personally, I feel like this book would make a great movie because of how atmospheric it is and because of the way it feels like at least a week had passed when in fact, the whole plot happens in a matter of days.
Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Fatphobia
charvermont's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Unnecessary fatphobic commentary (which is apparently Moshfegh’s thing across all her novels)
Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
angel_kiiss's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Fatphobia, and Animal death
plumfieldpages's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Death, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Cancer
linguaphile412's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Animal death, and Excrement
Moderate: Death, Cancer, Sexual violence, and Violence
oliviah1111's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Xenophobia, Cancer, Fatphobia, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Alcohol
parsnipsnap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Excrement, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty