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elliv's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Xenophobia
bronzeageholly's review against another edition
5.0
Definitely an 18+ read (for all yearners and bisexuals - Blanca is a real one)
Graphic: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Infidelity, and Homophobia
vael'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Sexism, Child death, and Grief
Minor: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death
silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The women that survived me! They stepped out of their houses into the daylight and if I'd had any breath I would have been breathless at the sight of them. The hands of women. The ankles of women. The voices of women as they called to each other across the square.
This is a very interesting and original take on historical fiction. The perspective of a bisexual young ghost who has been wronged by the boy that she loved and now finds comfort in the presence of strong independent women is not one that I have seen before. All in all, I enjoyed the reading experience and found that I learned a lot about Chopin and George Sand as people, which I did not expect to find.
The writing was gorgeous: sensual, intimate and disturbingly explicit. The audiobook was also very well produced and added to the telling of this tale. I enjoyed the fragmented timeline structure - it is something that almost always works for me in books - I was equally interested in both the past and present timelines. Importantly, this book made me interested in checking out more books about Chopin and/or Sand (maybe even her novels)!
Unfortunately, I did have some problems with certain scenes. It is not surprising that Blanca feels used and betrayed by the men around her and she despises the way powerful men abuse that power, and yet, her fascination and objectification of women when she is a ghost troubled me. It is difficult to assign our morality to supernatural situations, but I think that the more intimate of these scenes could have been omitted without negatively impacting the story. I wish that had been done to avoid the problematic area of consent in those cases.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Vomit, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Child death, Sexual harassment, and Sexism
Minor: Animal death
lollythegiant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Child death, Pedophilia, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
thesvnthsense's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
jpyper's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
veliana's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexism, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Miscarriage
lostinthelibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy and Chronic illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Sexual assault
miggyfool's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Blood, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexism, and Vomit
Minor: Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Classism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Body shaming, and Child abuse