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samflowerv6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl.
Men actually think this girl exists. Maybe they’re fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men – friends, coworkers, strangers – giddy over these awful pretender women, and I’d want to sit these men down and calmly say: You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men who’d like to believe that this kind of woman exists and might kiss them. I’d want to grab the poor guy by his lapels or messenger bag and say: The bitch doesn’t really love chili dogs that much – no one loves chili dogs that much! And the Cool Girls are even more pathetic: They’re not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they’re pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be. Oh, and if you’re not a Cool Girl, I beg you not to believe that your man doesn’t want the Cool Girl. It may be a slightly different version – maybe he’s a vegetarian, so Cool Girl loves seitan and is great with dogs; or maybe he’s a hipster artist, so Cool Girl is a tattooed, bespectacled nerd who loves comics. There are variations to the window dressing, but believe me, he wants Cool Girl, who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. (How do you know you’re not Cool Girl? Because he says things like: “I like strong women.” If he says that to you, he will at some point fuck someone else. Because “I like strong women” is code for “I hate strong women.”)”
“There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.”
“Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.”
“It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.”
Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Blood, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Stalking, and Miscarriage
sh0rty140's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
becca_w_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Fatphobia and Pedophilia
Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
haleyscomet_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence
morganegrant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse
sarah_dickson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
abby_reads_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide
soyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It was a fairly easy read and it kept me at the edge of my seat. Although I already saw the movie, reading the book gave me more insight about the character's thoughts. Would highly recommend this for those who would love to start reading thriller.
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
_remi__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
rachaelallyn'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
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt