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sakisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I’m puzzled by this one. I could not put it down, even though it explained NOTHING (e.g. why were these women trapped in the bunker?!). I was upset by some of the more graphic scenes (which I’ll detail in the content warnings below), but still wanted it to keep going 😳 Literature is so powerful.
I’m giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars. I’d recommend it if you’re looking for something with a Margaret Atwood energy. Fascinating!
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
Moderate: Misogyny
picaresquedreamer'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Death, and Infertility
Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Terminal illness, Blood, and Mental illness
Minor: Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, and Police brutality
evening's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Cancer
Minor: Blood
owlribbon's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Confinement, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cancer and Blood
Minor: Infertility
196books'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Blood and Cancer
Minor: Terminal illness
paperkindle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Suicide, Abandonment, Medical content, and Confinement
Moderate: Dementia, Kidnapping, and Cancer
Minor: Violence
refrejarator'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? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Excrement, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Self harm, War, Cancer, Grief, Police brutality, Suicide, Dementia, and Terminal illness
afternoondreamer'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Cancer
philippmk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Yet still, I wish there had been at least one or two more hints as to what had happened to the world, or at the very least how come electricity in the bunkers remained working. Leaving the desolated characters with decades worth of perfectly well-preserved food, whereas every other luxury, such as toilets, furniture or housing, had to be built from scratch, showing off the versatility and resourcefulness of the forty women, seemed like an odd choice for this story.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Grief, Cancer, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts
juli161'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? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder