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gemmaalice'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
4.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage
morganpsmith'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
3.5
Graphic: Infertility and Miscarriage
frantically's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Fatphobia and Alcohol
eleyden'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
4.5
I thought there was great character development and I resonated with something from each sister.
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage
ro_lux's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Body shaming and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Fatphobia
juli_powers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
theresapetray's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Ableism
sharyce'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
3.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
diana_blackmoon'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
The book is full of weird family dynamics and big and small tragedies. It made me consider human relationships on a deep level and saved me some money on psychologist visits considering toxic relationships with romantic partners. I don't think I've read more insightful contemporary authors.
You should definitely read it if you love unusual dynamics between sisters. I am also sure one of the sisters could be described and neurodivergent however it is not mentioned anywhere in the book.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Alcohol
emmacharlotte96'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I also started to see parallels between character in other books, like I saw elements of Grace from The Last Anniversary in Lynn and elements of Madeline from Big Little Lies in Cat and to some extent, Gemma. Similarly I could see elements of Abigail from Big Little Lies in Cara. I don’t know exactly, but it just felt kind of same-y.
This isn’t a direct criticism of this book in particular but it also made me aware of how white-washed (and straight) Moriarty’s books are. In all the books I’ve read, I can only think of one explicitly non-straight main character and not sure I could name a single non-white main character from any of the books I’ve read.
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders