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atschakfoert's review
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
The ending with the dog fight kind of ruined it for me. It was an effective way to show how stuck the main character is in her own head. But I wish I hadn’t read this book as animal brutality destroys me. I don’t know how to rate this novel now.lunabean's review
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- 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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death
woolleylg's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Suicide attempt
beffie's review
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
riverestyx's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Body shaming
Moderate: Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Sexual assault
Minor: Abortion, Antisemitism, Addiction, Medical content, and Racial slurs
abbywdan's review
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I loved reading this book, loved these two characters and their mom spinning away from each other and back again and trying to understand why it all keeps happening and what they want. It’s got a propulsive pace and a gentle looming sense of dread (not like, Karen Russell level), and the exchanges between Poppy and Jules are *perfect*.
But I guess I’ve read too many books lately that have cliffhangery endings (the bee sting, the guest), and I’m over it. It doesn’t feel earned here. That said, I loved the rest of the book.
But I guess I’ve read too many books lately that have cliffhangery endings (the bee sting, the guest), and I’m over it. It doesn’t feel earned here. That said, I loved the rest of the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death
Moderate: Suicide attempt
nordstina's review
medium-paced
3.5
Worry is going to be a talked about book, dripping in millennial ennui and charting the enmeshed and complicated relationship between two sisters in NYC. Jules lives in the city, in a relationship that she thinks is going to go the distance when her younger sister Poppy moves in, after having left their mother's house. On the surface, Jules has her act together- the aforementioned relationship and a stable job at a Cliffs Notes-esque company. Poppy appears more fragile. She attempted suicide in the past, something that is not talked about and is experiencing debilitating recurrent hives, which no one can figure out the cause of.
There is a sustained undercurrent of anxiety throughout Worry. Things on the surface are not as they appear. Jules spends her time on a secret social media account searching for mommy bloggers and conspiracy theorists. She amuses herself by reading these, but becomes obsessed with searching. While the relationship with the sisters is complicated, their mother adds another degree of pathology, often pitting the two sisters against one another, when also saying that they bring out the worst in one another.
At times this book can be funny (there's a three-legged dog named Amy Klobuchar, the girls go home and get "touched up" by their plastic surgeon dad as a sign of love), but also there is a sense of dread throughout. There is not all that much of a plot, as just when it appears something changes in their relationship, it reverts back to baseline.
The ending of this book will be polarizing- and triggering to some folks. If I had known going in about it, I may not have read, but I also don't want to spoil. I would have rated this book higher, if not for the ending.
Thank you to Scribner via NetGalley for the advance reader copy in exchange for honest review.
There is a sustained undercurrent of anxiety throughout Worry. Things on the surface are not as they appear. Jules spends her time on a secret social media account searching for mommy bloggers and conspiracy theorists. She amuses herself by reading these, but becomes obsessed with searching. While the relationship with the sisters is complicated, their mother adds another degree of pathology, often pitting the two sisters against one another, when also saying that they bring out the worst in one another.
At times this book can be funny (there's a three-legged dog named Amy Klobuchar, the girls go home and get "touched up" by their plastic surgeon dad as a sign of love), but also there is a sense of dread throughout. There is not all that much of a plot, as just when it appears something changes in their relationship, it reverts back to baseline.
The ending of this book will be polarizing- and triggering to some folks. If I had known going in about it, I may not have read, but I also don't want to spoil. I would have rated this book higher, if not for the ending.
Thank you to Scribner via NetGalley for the advance reader copy in exchange for honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Suicide attempt
reallybadwolf's review
funny
fast-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
4.0
Wow I can’t wait for this to be published so I can go on Reddit and figure out the ending (something I’m sure Poppy would take offense to).
This novel was described as “Seinfeldian” and wow, what an apt descriptor. This novel follows two sisters in the every day minutiae of life as they are just completely awful to each other and everyone around them. It’s so funny, so witty, so shocking at times. I had such a good time reading this.
This novel was described as “Seinfeldian” and wow, what an apt descriptor. This novel follows two sisters in the every day minutiae of life as they are just completely awful to each other and everyone around them. It’s so funny, so witty, so shocking at times. I had such a good time reading this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Rape, and Suicide attempt
cactusash's review
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
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