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edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicide, Child death, Rape, and Sexual assault
booksandlattesaddict's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual harassment
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
just_one_more_paige'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
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Pregnancy
laurenvoice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Body shaming
Minor: Suicide attempt
olpapi'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? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping
litstyleguide's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity
mrbean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Suicide attempt and Drug abuse
karenmariscalo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
owlribbon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicide attempt
mangofandango's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The narrator is frustrating and hard to read sometimes. She is irritating in the same way the cultural scripts and obsessions she stews in are irritating, her lens so cloudy with shame and body hatred and fear of aging that everything comes out sort of...gross and weird like it is inside her own head. It both makes me feel sorry for her and makes me want to...redirect her in some way. For all the sexy presentation of this book in premise and sort of lothario-looking cover, this isn't really a sexy story. The narrator is preoccupied by sex, but her experience of it in real life is always, again, sort of told in an off-putting way and she experiences it in ways that are more disappointing and self-conscious than anything else. She's also like, deeply weird about a lot of things...it goes some places I did not expect, and I guess that's all I will say to avoid spoilers.
I appreciate that it's both a literary-feeling and a light-feeling read, it was fun and clever and the allusions to Lolita are interesting to consider. There's some great lines and good, thoughtful stuff in here and I mostly enjoyed reading it. I just don't know where I land on how to feel about it, when all is said and done.
PS: there should be a content note here for various flavors of suspect, loaded, problematic sexual dynamics and situations, as this is a story about sex and power, gender, consent, etc. and like, a lot goes on?
Graphic: Infidelity, Confinement, and Sexual content
Moderate: Fatphobia