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booksofautumn's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
margozaldivar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Self harm and Eating disorder
marissab'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
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Drug use, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, and Addiction
Minor: Vomit and Medical content
zilha'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
4.0
This book is not a love story. It's painful, raw and nasty. It's despair, obsession, depression.
The main character loses herself in her obsession and creates a codependent relationship. Ciaran depends on her to fulfill his daily needs because it is the only way she can bind him to her. Ultimately, something like love arises between them because the distant, cruel Ciaran, who seems to be able to miss her, expresses his concerns about her for the first time in the years that they have been together. Nevertheless, this is too late, as she has slowly learned to find her self-worth in other men who use her for sex. She cheats several times and eventually this leads to a painful, intense confrontation.
For me, this is a story in which the main character ultimately finds her voice and increasingly realizes what her own opinion is, what her own desires are, and thus starts to break free from the urge for validation from men. Ultimately there is one thing that bothered me: the way she seemed to excuse the rape, since she also did bad things. I’m not sure how to feel about that, or maybe there’s another way to read that part?
Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Rape
Moderate: Eating disorder
yinflower's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Rape and Self harm
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Addiction
dizzzybrook'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
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault
kajasversion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Vomit
leasasaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Eating disorder
katelinwalsch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
owlribbon's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Alcohol and Abandonment