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jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Drug use, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Bullying
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Blood, Addiction, and Miscarriage
blueberrydahlia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug use, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, and Infidelity
dev921's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Drug use
wordsofclover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Drug use and Miscarriage
ceejay'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
2.75
Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
chymerra's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
- Cheating (Ciara, Parth (Mishti’s husband), and Sean (Lauren’s partner) cheated on their SOs constantly. For the most part, it wasn’t graphic.)
- Adult Bullying (Ciara led a group of women in bullying Lauren, and this did extend to Lauren’s children. Ciara was vicious with her attacks against Lauren, online and in person)
- Childhood Bullying (Lauren was bullied by the other children in her village her whole life. The author showcased a few examples in the book. Also, Lauren’s children were bullied by the children of Lauren’s bullies. It was never shown, but Freya, her oldest daughter, did mention it a couple of times in the book)
- Stalking (Before Sean and Lauren had children, Lauren stalked an ex-girlfriend of his and attacked her)
- Arranged Marriage (Mishti and Parth had an arranged marriage, which Mishti didn’t want)
- Marital Rape (There was one scene where Parth forced Mishti into having sex with him)
- Neglect (Ciara neglected her children, Bella and Finn. The baby was only picked up or comforted if it was for online pictures. Mishti did pick up Finn at one point in the book to comfort him, and Ciara blew up at her)
- Drug Use (Ciara was addicted to pills and used Parth to write her a prescription. Sean and Lauren used pot recreationally)
- Depression (Mishti was depressed since she got married and had her daughter. She had let herself go and could barely make herself do things)
- Mental Illness (Ciara was a narcissist. I do believe that Lauren had a mental illness. She revealed that she would have missing periods, and there was one point where she blacked out after Sean started hooking up with his ex-girlfriend).
- Domestic Violence (Parth pushed Mishti around at least once during the book. Sean and Lauren had a very volatile relationship, which consisted of verbal and mental abuse of each other)
Graphic: Mental illness and Rape
Moderate: Drug use and Bullying
Minor: Stalking and Domestic abuse
There was also cheating. The rape scene was marital rape.uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Confinement, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Racism