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helfire124's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
thatsssorachael's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcoholism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
martinj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Medical content, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Suicide
Minor: Alcoholism
mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Mental illness
samsearle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying
ruthjenkins's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexism, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Mental illness
bella_cavicchi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Death, Pregnancy, and Suicide
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence
f_amiliar_happine_ss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
After sulking in a reading slump for MONTHS, I have finally found a book that entertained me ~and~ left me wanting to read more, now I'm motivated enough to take on my ambitious tbr.
This novel describes the lives of three women in a family of fighters, set mostly in Canada with a quick travel to America, written as a letter from an eight-ish year old daughter to her alcoholic father who recently left his family. Although the perspective is that of a child's, this read carried such an emotional weight at times before the mood picks up with hysterical humor.
I mostly sprinted through this read, completing a chapter or two before taking a quick break, then coming right back because I just had to know why Swiv's father left, what happened with her mother just months previously, what Gord's gender is or if they are delivered safely; so many questions developed as I flew through this book which were promptly answered.
Highly recommend to all types of readers, definitely going to look into more of this authors work :)
Moderate: Pregnancy and Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Suicide
orla_h's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
Minor: Suicide
krys_kilz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"To be alive means to have full body contact with the absurd."
Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Suicide and Mental illness
Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail