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This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell

18 reviews

kdwhite's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Infertility, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

lauratoline's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

Another fabulous story of family from Maggie O'Farrell. Lovable but flawed characters who you will root for.

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Content Warnings

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

emblepemble's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Abortion, and Eating disorder

tinkthings's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder, Child death, and Abortion

stampest's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Child death, Stalking, Abortion, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, and Drug use

maryannc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Abortion

abbie_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

If you’re looking for your next engaging family drama (heavy on the drama) then may I suggest Maggie O’Farrell’s This Must Be The Place? This was my fifth of O’Farrell’s works and my second favourite so far after Hamnet. It follows a wide cast of characters across several intertwined families, touching on things like fame, divorce, infidelity, forgiveness, with plenty of skeletons in closets! The two main characters are Claudette and Daniel, but we hear from basically all the ‘supporting characters’ in their lives - however briefly their lives might have intersected. For the most part this works really well, I love seeing different facets of a character revealed by a different view point. But there was one chapter near the end where I think O’Farrell got a bit carried away, including too much detail from a minor character’s life which muddied things a bit - preparation for a different novel perhaps? The insight into her process for this novel at the end was fascinating, as she wanted to take the linear narrative and chop it up, which she does, but it’s still very easy to follow I thought! Her writing is clear, engaging and emotive, and I found myself devouring huge chunks at a time. I think it’s a good one to read if you’re feeling slumpy, as it’s got that addictive quality!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Grief, Child death, Medical content, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, and Gun violence

sshabein's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

This is the third Maggie O'Farrell book I've read this year (the others being her memoir, I AM, I AM, AM; the other, HAMNET), and by the end of next year, it wouldn't surprise me if I read the rest of her books.

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE is not only a great title (and one of my favorite songs), but the writing here is so, so good. A dozen+ characters all realized so fully. Loved it wholeheartedly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Murder

alice2000's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Child death, Abortion, Infertility, and Death of parent

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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