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Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War
I almost gave up on the book because of Molly's chapters, as I believe Kline is better at writing from Vivian's side than Molly's. Molly is in no way a bad character; I enjoy her. But I think because Molly is a 17-year-old, Kline didn't quite catch the nuisances of being a teenager (yes, even in 2011, because I was the same age as Molly).
I have a lot of thoughts, some of which contain spoilers:
- Dina was a bitch, followed closely by Mrs. Byrnes. However, Dina is something else. She did not care about Molly (despite agreeing to foster her) whatsoever and was clearly a mean girl growing up. She specifically states that
- On that note, the two men who are probably supposed to mirror each other, Ralph (Dina's husband) and Mr. Byrnes refuse to stand up to their wives and let Molly or Vivian experience some semblance of love or care.
- The only reason I give Mrs. Byrnes more of a pass than Dina is because Mrs. B is from 1929 where information about how to be a good person is probably far and few between. What is Dina's excuse? However, Mrs. B
- I'm not sure what Jack's, Molly's boyfriend, deal was towards the end of the book. It was weird he
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- I don't mind sexual scenes in books but the way Kline wrote about
- Molly gets in trouble for
- Molly and Vivian experience
- The Grote's are also awful in their own way, but they both knew they were awful at least. Mrs. Grote had depression (clearly) and Mr. Grote was
- Once meeting a teacher (
- Lastly, it was fun to see similarities in other media I have read. The teacher could have been
Clearly, I like this book. If you like historical fiction, I think you'll enjoy this one.
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent