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vetrina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Classism, War, Genocide, and Alcoholism
smeagol357's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Animal death, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Animal cruelty, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
What an icon
This is quite fucked and and quite fucking wonderful
Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Rape, Grief, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Classism, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Trafficking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Abandonment
siobhanward's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I found my biggest issue was how slowly things moved. There was so much background that it seemed to take ages to figure out what was actually happening in the book. There were also some really graphic descriptions of child abuse, so be warned about those. Atwood has a gift for writing female characters caught in miserable situations, and her strongest works are ones where they can find the power to change those situations, while her weakest books are the ones where they just fall down and can't be saved.
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Animal death
raru's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, War, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Sexism
ac_rva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Suicide, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and Violence
aislinn_mcd_harrison's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Excrement
greenglass67's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Trafficking, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, and Murder
allthingsnerdy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Trafficking, Child abuse, and Death
curlymango's review against another edition
4.0
Atwood’s writing can be exaggerated and absurd:
“‘…you’d be surprised how many people would like a very beautiful, smart baby that eats nothing but grass. The vegans are highly interested in that little item.’”
But also tragically poetic:
“Everything in his life was temporary, ungrounded. Language itself had lost its solidity; it had become thin, slippery, a viscid film on which he was sliding around like an eyeball on a plate.”
A really morbid ode to the arts.
Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia