Reviews

Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson

steph_weigle's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

ferncooke's review

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

jasonlesher's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

aannaascott's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

another expectedly skillful reflection on life and love's complexities from Winterson that includes some sections that I was more indifferent to, but others with writing so beautiful they brought me to tears. if you're the kind of person where you need to know what's happening in a story to enjoy it, this book is probably not the one for you; hold a gun to my head, and I likely could not describe what happened in this book. it's not a "happening" kind of book, and I think that it's all the better for it.    

lost_fairy222's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

megs_k's review

2.0

The fatal combination of indulgence without feeling disgusts me. Strange to be both greedy and dead. ~ Jeanette Winterson

thrilled's review

5.0

<3

kirinmccrory's review

2.0

I like Jeanette Winterson when someone else quotes her, and I think that's where I'd like to keep our relationship.

spooky_mulder's review

4.0

Absolutely fantastic. There is so much going on that I feel like to really appreciate it I have to read it again.

emmettmaroo's review

5.0

I don't know about this reviewing stuff, but for this one, all I can say is this: it's the best book I've ever read. Period. End of review.