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psychedelicize555'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? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Drug abuse
amanda02143's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
From that point, the last third of the book seemed almost like an entirely different book. The plot is rushed to a resolution and all of the complexity that was pain-stakingly developed is thrown out with the fire.
Sid and her partner, Vlad and his wife all work things out and everyone just carries on?? Most implausible of all, even dinosaur professors save to the cloud these days. Too neat and tidy.
Graphic: Infidelity and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Fatphobia
Will definitely look forward to future work from this author!karol99'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: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Body shaming
kyrajg'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
4.25
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Vomit, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Medical content
kmaron'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
3.0
Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide attempt
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
mraddd'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
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
januaryapril's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thoughts from other reviews:
-characters with incredibly shallow inauthenticity, parading as if they have depth and cause to write deep literature. book acts as a commentary on the dark academia genre at times.
-the main character is wife, author, mom, sister, daughter, professor, sexual fantasy, her writing, but you never know her full identity. She’s lost in these other roles she plays.
-"What an honest and painfully intense view of women aging and the effect on their own and societal value."
-"I have heard talk that it’s a retelling of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, and I can see how one would think that. I also have heard discussion that the narrator is Lolita. Which could well may be as we never learn the name of the narrator."
-"I am not entirely certain why I liked this book. This was a very dark character study that ended in a way that I didn’t care for. But also… I kinda liked it?! Weird." ****
-"complex story that covers an incredible range of topics and perspectives; some you agree with, some you don’t, and some you’ve never considered. What can’t be debated, however, is the brilliant writing, sheer cleverness, and fascinating non-linear character development."
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Addiction
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