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danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Racism, and Xenophobia
carolinestes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Miranda is a white British girl haunted by three generations of racist female ancestors along with the house they all lived in. Miranda’s story shows how white people, specifically white women, can never escape the horrors of our colonial, racist ancestors. No matter Miranda’s love for her Nigerian-British girlfriend, she will always hold that evil white female history within her.
This book amazed me. I have so so many thoughts on it that could never fit into a single post.
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Xenophobia
officialmcnugget's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Homophobia
headachesince03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Death, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Gore, Eating disorder, and Death of parent
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Gore, Lesbophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Alcohol, Stalking, Incest, Gun violence, Drug use, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Xenophobia
readsbykats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Racism
savvylit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
But overall I felt like Oyeyemi was creatively overextending herself in this story. Too many issues were addressed but not thoroughly explored. Too many creepy things hinted at but not quite revealed. I wished that the novel had been a little more polished.
The story overall was a very bleak slice of life, primarily focusing on Miranda. Which is unfortunate because I didn't like Miranda. Miranda is a bit of a two-dimensional cliche of a mentally ill young woman. Also, I really loved that one of the narrators was the house, but I didn't feel like we heard enough from their perspective.
Ultimately, I had a lot of questions throughout the story that I felt were never answered. And not in a good, ambiguous ending way. More like a "why did the thread of this story get dropped so quickly" kinda way. All of our narrators are unreliable but the true story is never really revealed.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent
madarauchiha's review against another edition
I'll be honest. I don't think gothic genre is for me. I can tell this is excellently written, but I'm not at all hooked or interested in it. I'll finish reading it though.
Ok I finished. Spiritually I checked out at the 47 percent mark so I'm not sure what happened. Things. Things happened, in a very dreamy manner. Welp. No rating, personally.
Content warnings:
Minor: blood, nazism, ww1, antiblack racist caricature, sexual content, emetophobia / vomit, rape, sexual violence, unsanitary, beastiality, sexual content, drugs weed, Adolf hitler mention ,
Medium: psychiatric institutions, gore, self harm, xenophobia, murder, suicide, anti immigration rhetoric, prison abuse, blood, alcohol use, smoking tobacco, mass shooting, parental death, gun violence
Major: eating disorders, mental illness, lesbophobic d slur, violence, sexual content, violence,
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Self harm, Xenophobia, Murder, Suicide, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Confinement
Minor: Blood, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Lesbophobia
falcc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The characters in this book - apart from Ore and Sade, who are genuinely great and trying their best - are extremely unpleasant people that it's hard to spend time with. The story drags on until the Ore portions in the second half of the book, and that story is about gradually degrading any sympathy you might initially have for the other characters. Most of the real plot happens in the last 50 pages or so and feels both rushed and unfinished. I spent large portions of my reading experience just inwardly shouting for characters to TALK TO EACH OTHER about what they're feeling and left disappointed and frustrated.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Racism, Self harm, and Violence
Minor: Incest
lizsmartie13's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Body horror
gwynsvan's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Violence, and Xenophobia