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emmonsannae's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
slow-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
4.0
This is a great companion novel to The Passenger—probably not as great of a standalone (which is fine, that isn’t its purpose). It was neat to get to know Alicia as a person on her own terms but man those terms are bleak. Definitely some extremely not-fun moments. I’d recommend this book but not to anyone with an intense fear of drowning. Or any of the other 18 content warnings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness
Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Grief
michaelkurt's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, and Incest
This is a very well written account from two first person narrators. It takes these themes very seriously and does not use them for shock.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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