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yoursaswell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Murder, and Infidelity
reading_and_roaming20'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
4.5
Ok jk, that’s not the whole review but that’s the gist.
I really enjoyed the dual timelines happening here. The structure was similar to THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN where we’re in the character’s present day every few chapters and learning about the past for the majority of the book.
In this case, we got to see Yejide and Amin’s marriage from both of their perspectives. Watching them go from young and in love, knowing from the first chapter that they don’t wind up together, pulled me right in. They had so much stacked against them with infertility and the cultural family pressure to have children. (Big trigger warning there.)
In a short 260 pages, this story hits time and time again with heartbreaking twists that had me pausing to soak in what I had just read.
AND THAT ENDING. I can’t express myself properly without spoilers. It just………..it was good but it hurt.
This is the kind of book that you have to be in the right mindset for. That said, if you’re ready to wind up emotionally ragged, it is absolutely a must-read. I loved it. I am sad. The end.
Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child death, and Terminal illness
disquiet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Infertility
Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content
Minor: Death of parent
bookish_houseplant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, and Child death
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and War
If you enjoyed Violet Evergarden I think you would appreciate this and vice versabahamyulala'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: Infertility, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Grief
n_li_re's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, Infertility, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, War, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Murder, Vomit, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
bandysbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
filawless's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death and Pregnancy
internationalreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual content
amberinbookland's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Child death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Alcohol, and Abandonment