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elphaba105's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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
I wouldn’t particularly recommend reading this book by itself as it’s really intended as a companion piece to The Passenger. If you’ve made it through The Passenger then this is definitely worth reading though as it adds a lot to the characters in only 190 pages. We get to explore Alicia’s character in a lot more depth and I enjoyed the style of the whole novel being conversations between her and her therapist. A lot of the mathematical and philosophical discussions went over my head but I was still able to get some meaning out of it and get the emotional import. After finishing it I had to go back and reread the opening of The Passenger which brought everything together full-circle. Just don’t expect any of the questions you have from The Passenger to be answered.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Suicidal thoughts
livingprose's review
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It’s first part, The Passenger, is not as incisive, but just as mysterious. Fans of Cormac will find he saved all the pearls for this character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
pontmercy's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Incest
boysen_bean's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest and Adult/minor relationship
taratosaurus's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest and Suicidal thoughts
skitch41's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
4.0
Cormac McCarthy’s coda to The Passenger—a prequel chronologically—is presented in a form that feels refreshingly different from yet fully in-step with that of its predecessor. This book is a transcript of Alicia’s sessions with her psychiatrist during her final stay at Stella Maris. They talk about mathematics, and the unconscious, and the atomic bomb, and her brother. It could be that I’ve simply had more time to sit with it now, but I think Stella Maris has helped me understand The Passenger much better than I had hoped to understand it upon turning its final page. And it certainly makes it all the more tragic. If you read The Passenger, don’t skip dessert.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
Moderate: War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence
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