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lauratoline'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
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Gun violence, Infertility, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Abortion, Murder, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder
Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
allison_f_2023's review
4.5
Graphic: Infertility and Infidelity
abbie_'s review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Grief, Child death, Medical content, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, and Gun violence
alice2000's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Child death, Abortion, Infertility, and Death of parent
chris_reads'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
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical content
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder
garlinds'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
4.0
I fell in love with the characters and their complexities, despite the frustration they caused. I enjoyed how the chapters of this book read like a series of interwoven short stories as each character crossed paths with one another, offering a fresh perspective to the story. And though I got a bit mixed up as the story jumped back and forth in time, I liked how the book explored how our pasts are linked to our futures.
Thank you to @fictionmatters for selecting this as the May book club pick! As always, last weekend's discussion took my reading of this book to a whole new level.
This was my first Maggie O'Farrell, and it certainly won't be my last!
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, and Miscarriage
womanwill'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
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abortion
emilylovesbooks's review
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Child death