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litficchic'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
2.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Self harm
eldo'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
2.0
Moderate: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug use
lizzardbreath'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
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit
ramreadsagain's review against another edition
4.25
This is a book about how centralised 'male attention' can become in our lives especially if we are in a vulnerable place in terms of body image and mental health. As young women we are often made to believe that life will be better once we have found a man who will love us, and our unnamed narrator is entirely consumed by this.
This was at times painfully relatable, not in terms of the events, but the strings of thoughts and monologues we get from our narrator. I think the main male character was written extremely well in the way that his background and past shaped who he has become, making it clear that there are reasons behind his behaviour, but that they are explanations, not excuses.
I think I wanted our narrator to experience a bit more growth or at least a bit earlier in the book, the last scenes didn't quite feel like a satisfying ending for me (and I don't mean that in terms of an 'everything is fine now', just in terms of our character's arc) and I would have liked for it to lean further in to the narrator's relationship towards other women and how that might have changed for her.
I can definitely see the comparisons to Normal People. While Acts of Desperation is faster and larger than life, Normal People is a subtler look at some of the same issues.
Graphic: Self harm, Rape, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault
jaymeleigh'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
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Self harm
applesodaperson'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
3.5
Overall, I did not like this book, and even though I know what it was trying to say, it still wasn't enjoyable.
Read from the Provo library.
Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Self harm
sydneybedell'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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Self harm
sxfiash's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Eating disorder
ashpociadlo'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
4.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
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