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rosalind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Infidelity, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Infertility
jordan_noel's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It's part of a series, but I read it as a standalone and think I understood it just fine.
It follows a divorced, now aged, couple and they reunite after one of them restarts the connection.
Not much happens in the book, but the characters reflect on past experiences, reasons they didn't work out as a couple, and their personality flaws. They support each other and begin to understand each other's boundaries, interests, and limits more as they take a trip together.
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
isabezza's review against another edition
3.5
However, the plot was too fast-paced and underwhelming. I found the story moved so fast within our protagonist's mind that nothing much happened.
"I am not invisible no matter how deeply I feel that I am."
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Child abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Infidelity
samarakroeger's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I'll undoubtedly read more from Elizabeth Strout when I can't sleep, though -- her books seem to engage me on just the right level where I won't get too stressed, I might fall asleep, and the writing is straightforward enough to follow in a sleep-deprived state. I swear this is a compliment.
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief
Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment
nomey's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Miscarriage and Child abuse
Minor: Ableism
danielle_isreading's review
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Infidelity
Minor: Miscarriage
shelfofunread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Child abuse
pphector's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Grief and Infidelity
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Classism
ukponge's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, and Infertility
feebles640's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, War, and Death
Minor: Child abuse and Fatphobia