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jcinf's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Some parts I really enjoyed reading. Other parts I found myself wondering what the point was. Gross descriptions for lots of sections — specially regarding her eating and unnecessary hurt of animals.
(TW on animal abuse.)
About halfway through I skipped 15 pages or so bc she spent so much time talking about eating. For no reason.
Sally was really not likeable to me… at all. She was rude and nasty to people she called her friends. I mean we can all be rude sometimes, but I found myself wondering if she even liked her friends at all. And she went on bullying someone for 3-4 pages. It was cruel and made me not root for her. That said, I didn’t care what happened to her. It was Carlotta I cared about most.
Not great, but I pushed through because I didn’t want my first book of the year to be DNF.
Overall, I can see why people enjoyed it, but it was largely a miss for me.
Really well written in places, though. Very descriptive — for better or for worse lol.
(TW on animal abuse.)
About halfway through I skipped 15 pages or so bc she spent so much time talking about eating. For no reason.
Sally was really not likeable to me… at all. She was rude and nasty to people she called her friends. I mean we can all be rude sometimes, but I found myself wondering if she even liked her friends at all. And she went on bullying someone for 3-4 pages. It was cruel and made me not root for her. That said, I didn’t care what happened to her. It was Carlotta I cared about most.
Not great, but I pushed through because I didn’t want my first book of the year to be DNF.
Overall, I can see why people enjoyed it, but it was largely a miss for me.
Really well written in places, though. Very descriptive — for better or for worse lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood
Moderate: Child death
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