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gingeroftheshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I always say that the best books I read are the ones I finish and immediately want to reread. And after finishing this novel an hour ago, I can confirm that impulse is present.
I'm a geek when in comes to metaphors and nature imagery, and Roy executes this flawlessly. She describes the ugly and the beautiful in such a rich voice. Every stylistic decision Roy makes is from well thought out intention.
No matter how many times I read this book, I think I will learn something or realize an element I didn't catch before.
Graphic: Sexual assault
hannakutlu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Gore, Murder, Colonisation, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting
frannyrdclark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Death, Cursing, Police brutality, Sexism, Racism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Incest and Rape
Minor: War, Pregnancy, and Violence
rhae_lynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence
leoniefnk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Child death, Sexual violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, and Police brutality
Minor: Cursing, Car accident, War, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
griffgriffgriff's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Classism, Incest, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
brennsteez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
franzis_buecher's review against another edition
4.0
Der Clou an dem Buch: Man weiß schon nach ein paar Seiten, was geschehen wird, aber nicht, wie genau und warum. Diese Fragen zogen mich weiter durch die Geschichte, jedoch wurde ich in der zweiten Hälfte des Buchs dann etwas ungeduldig und hatte das Gefühl, dass es sich zog. Allerdings liegt das auch daran, dass ich das Buch nicht in einem Rutsch sondern immer nur in kurzen Ausschnitten gelesen habe und dadurch irgendwann das Gefühl entstand, dass ich nie fertig werden würde :D
Außerdem gab es leider gegen Ende eine Szene, die ich überhaupt nicht mochte.
Dafür hat aber das letzte Kapitel vieles wieder wett gemacht. Auf genau dieses Kapitel hatte ich die ganze Zeit gewartet und war schon enttäuscht, dass zu dieser Geschichte fast nichts kam außer das ganze tragische Drumherum. Aber das letzte Kapitel war einfach nur wunderschön und ein gelungener Abschluss für dieses besondere Buch.
Jetzt muss ich aber erstmal etwas weniger trauriges und tragisches lesen ...
Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia
Minor: Incest and Classism
shaynarcohen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Sexual assault and Police brutality
hannah_cogo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest