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ramblingravioli's review against another edition
DNF- too much ableism in the first 10 mins & potentially racial stereotypes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
helalost's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- 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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Car accident, and Ableism
Moderate: Alcohol and Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity
maeverose's review against another edition
Stopped at 18% (first three chapters)
I can just tell it’s not gonna be for me so I’d rather not bother. I didn’t hate it. But there were some things that I disliked.
First off it feels like it was written by a 40 something year old white woman, for other 40 something year old white women. Therefore I don’t really feel like I fit the target demographic. The dialogue was also very unnatural and weird. The characters don’t talk like real people.
I didn’t like the way she describes Nora’s disfigurement in such negative words most of the time, when the author herself is not disfigured. Also, only going off of the part I read, it felt a little like her disfigurement was her entire personality? The only information we got about her had to do with her accident or appearance, other than her being a librarian-turned-bookseller and liking books. She was depressed and stand off ish because of her accident and she liked to tell people to read books… that was it, that’s her personality.
There’s the trope that I despise of using very fatphobic language to describe an unlikable character.
I also thought June was a bit of a racial stereotype but maybe that’s just me.
I can just tell it’s not gonna be for me so I’d rather not bother. I didn’t hate it. But there were some things that I disliked.
First off it feels like it was written by a 40 something year old white woman, for other 40 something year old white women. Therefore I don’t really feel like I fit the target demographic. The dialogue was also very unnatural and weird. The characters don’t talk like real people.
I didn’t like the way she describes Nora’s disfigurement in such negative words most of the time, when the author herself is not disfigured. Also, only going off of the part I read, it felt a little like her disfigurement was her entire personality? The only information we got about her had to do with her accident or appearance, other than her being a librarian-turned-bookseller and liking books. She was depressed and stand off ish because of her accident and she liked to tell people to read books… that was it, that’s her personality.
There’s the trope that I despise of using very fatphobic language to describe an unlikable character.
I also thought June was a bit of a racial stereotype but maybe that’s just me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts
Some anti sex work comments
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