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heather_freshparchment's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Vomit, War, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Death, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Excrement and Sexual content
allydee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Suicide, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use
_kelpie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Deeply immersive and bittersweet; a tale of sisterhood and love shaped by a time period rarely explored. It's driven by it's deeply human and flawed characters, and the bonds between them that tangle, fray and endure.
I couldn't put this down and have been a fan of the author ever since.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Terminal illness
Detailed description of practices common at the time such as footbinding and general misogyny.phantomgecko's review
- 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
4.0
Kind of reminded me of Atonement by Ian McEwan. Y'know, protagonist makes a mistake to the detriment of a loved one that haunts them the rest of their life. This affected me more emotionally, but that's due to any number of circumstances.
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Body horror, Classism, Death, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Terminal illness
cait'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
Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, War, Death, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail
strawbibble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, War, and Infertility
thejediwitch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Grief, Child death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Suicide, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, and Miscarriage
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Body shaming
stwriter92's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Cancer, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, War, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug use, Blood, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Sexual content