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laura_et's review
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death
tytrack99's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
3.5
I loved the way this book was set up with definitions and parts of her lives used to explain the words defined. I loved the separation of parts with black hole facts. I loved the small science sprinkled in here and there. I did not love the plot. I enjoyed the story, but it too until the last 50-100 pages for anything to truly happen. It took me way too long to finish this book bc of that. Overall, I did enjoy it tho.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Abortion, and Emotional abuse
mari_is_here's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Gore
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
clairebear23's review against another edition
3.5
3.5
I second a couple of reviews I've seen about this book: don't read it if you're not in a great place.
**Spoiler**
It's not a happy ending.
I second a couple of reviews I've seen about this book: don't read it if you're not in a great place.
**Spoiler**
It's not a happy ending.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
cmc741's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-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
4.0
Reading this as a someone who’s not doing well atm and is also Called Cassie in hindsight wasn’t one of my best ideas. The ending was a bit of a let down but it’s definitely a book that will stick with me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Abortion
page_with_no_i's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
One of the most depressing books I have ever read. But a well-crafted story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion
sararm's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
The examination of corporate life in the tech sector is sharp and insightful. The way we are asked to pretend our jobs are part of our life mission, the way we allow them to overlap with our identity, how much our job signifies whether we've made it or not. And to do these pointless activities while living in a place filled with desperation, with an incoming pandemic and a climate crisis...
Ripe captures the utter hopelessness of this way of life, the failure at the core of it, so well. It's tense and stressful. This means that it's also fundamentally a hopeless, humourless novel. And you've got to wonder exactly what it wants to say, beyond I don't like it here.
Overall, I thought it was a bit uneven. The prose was largely wonderful, but the dialogue felt so so unnatural and stilted and the friendships, family and office dynamics rang a bit false. There is a particularly unbelievable fight with Nicole and Maria which took me out of the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion
marmalou_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
“Once you get one job, then you get another job, and another job after that, and on and on. The years accumulate. Nothing about me has changed except the scale of my life“.
Found some of the imagery slightly repetitive but really enjoyed this book. Some dark themes and quite a tense read. 4 ⭐️ overall.
TW: burn-out, suicide, abortion, drugs, depression, bullying
Found some of the imagery slightly repetitive but really enjoyed this book. Some dark themes and quite a tense read. 4 ⭐️ overall.
TW: burn-out, suicide, abortion, drugs, depression, bullying
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Drug use
c_boggs's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
ourladyofcats's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol