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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
3 reviews
jillkaarlela's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Age rating: 16+
This book was not at all what I expected, in the best way. I loved the use of physical wings as a metaphor for general “othering” from society!! I also loved how we got a full deep dive into all of the family’s backstories before we got to the main character, Ava. It really helped to set the scene! This book is very heavy, as it deals with how people handle generational trauma and “othering” from society, so please be advised by the trigger warnings. However, I really enjoyed this! I think there is a lot of wisdom to be taken from this book.
Trigger warning: violence, hate crime, generational trauma, grief, death, sexual violence, medical content, suicidal thoughts, religious trauma
This book was not at all what I expected, in the best way. I loved the use of physical wings as a metaphor for general “othering” from society!! I also loved how we got a full deep dive into all of the family’s backstories before we got to the main character, Ava. It really helped to set the scene! This book is very heavy, as it deals with how people handle generational trauma and “othering” from society, so please be advised by the trigger warnings. However, I really enjoyed this! I think there is a lot of wisdom to be taken from this book.
Trigger warning: violence, hate crime, generational trauma, grief, death, sexual violence, medical content, suicidal thoughts, religious trauma
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Death, Child death, Violence, Rape, Death of parent, and Hate crime
swaggynikki's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Fucking BANGER of a book, it's incredible and haunting and weird and everything I love in a story. I read this book for the first time in middle school off of a booktube reccomendation and I was definitely not ready for it (I think I was 13 at the time?). It's graphic and parts of it are very disturbing, but that doesn't take away from a beautiful story
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Violence, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Homophobia and Hate crime
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
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
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