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lbhreads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Emotional abuse and Infidelity
gertrudski's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence and Gaslighting
nanobooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Immediate thoughts: I think we often aggrandize bad people as true villains when... they're just bad people? I don't know what to make of the ending.
Review This was a difficult read. Anna is a mid-twenties opera postgrad in London on an opera scholarship. One day, she meets a late-thirties man and he gaslights her. Hard. Repeatedly. But sometimes he's nice. Sometimes he's so tender, so sensitive, that it's hard to see the other side.
It's hard to say that the character of Anna has development instead of just resolving the problem that this man creates. I don't know if we're supposed to feel gaslit by the end but I definitely did.
This said, I could not stop reading and, even though I was not looking forward to reading about opera, I thought the author did a great job making it interesting and connecting the feeling behind the operas to Anna's life.
Thanks to Henry Holt and Co. for the ARC!
Review This was a difficult read. Anna is a mid-twenties opera postgrad in London on an opera scholarship. One day, she meets a late-thirties man and he gaslights her. Hard. Repeatedly. But sometimes he's nice. Sometimes he's so tender, so sensitive, that it's hard to see the other side.
It's hard to say that the character of Anna has development instead of just resolving the problem that this man creates. I don't know if we're supposed to feel gaslit by the end but I definitely did.
This said, I could not stop reading and, even though I was not looking forward to reading about opera, I thought the author did a great job making it interesting and connecting the feeling behind the operas to Anna's life.
Thanks to Henry Holt and Co. for the ARC!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
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