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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

4 reviews

starryeyedlover's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Animal death, Xenophobia, Grief, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

lilifane's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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

Please check trigger warnings before reading this book. 

No coherent thoughts, just tears.

I loved it so much. The beautiful writing, the magical realism, the quirky and strange characters, the small-town vibes, the multi-generation family dynamics, the heartbreak, the love, the foreboding, the perseverance, the hope. 

But it was hard to read sometimes because of all the... sorrow and trauma and heartbreak, especially towards the end. I basically cried for the last 20% of it. But I still love this book with all my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Death, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual assault

kestrel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Oof I have so many conflicted thoughts and emotions about this book.
For like 80-85% of the story I was really into it. The writing was right up my alley and the "casual insanity" (when wild things happen, but the author writes them like she speaks about the weather. I used this phrase to describe the book and never looked back) of the plot was very engaging to me.
The book is about Ava Lavender, a girl who was born with wings, but we at first go through the stories of her grandmother and mother before we reach Ava herself. So it's something like a family portrait with elements of fabulism.
Then something happened and it disturbed me a lot. 
The rest of the story, after that event, is actually fine, and it has a conclusion vague enough for readers to have different interpretations (I looked it up and I agree with the more positive and hopeful ones).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infertility

binches's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Body horror, Death, Animal death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, and Hate crime

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder