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blacksphinx'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
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Racism, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Classism, Incest, and Infidelity
Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Medical content, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility
arayo'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, and Incest
Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, and Dementia
aude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Ableism, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Incest, Cancer, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, and Death of parent
daniellarae's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
I was a bit disappointed at the lack of ghostly presence and atmosphere that I was expecting. I thought it would be creepier. The twist was also quite predictable.
A classic nonetheless.
(My content warning tags may contain some minor spoilers)
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Incest, Terminal illness, Murder, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide
bone_empress's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Cultural appropriation and Incest
Ableism: there's an adult character that may have a developmental disability. People talk down to him and use disparaging words to describe him, and he is portrayed as being unintelligent. It's also heavily implied that he may have also been emotionally abused in the past and threatened with being institutionalized. The character is not present for most of the book. Bullying and emotional abuse: one character is intentionally hurtful to the narrator, playing upon the narrator's fears and insecurities. The narrator's husband stonewalls her sometimes and the narrator is impacted negatively. Cultural appropriation: Characters dress up in appropriated attire at an event. One is in brown face. Incest: a secondary character had a consensual relationship with a non-immediate family member in the past. Not described in detail. Suicide: a character is theorized to have successfully ended their life and the method is generally described but does not give violent details. Suicidal thoughts (very mild spoiler, no names):batcaves'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical content, Suicide, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Grief
rozydozy'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? No
5.0
Moderate: Ableism and Violence
Minor: Cultural appropriation
bethantg'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
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Dysphoria, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Gun violence
Minor: Terminal illness and Cultural appropriation
froukjemelenhorst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide and Domestic abuse
Minor: Cancer
reading_under_covers's review against another edition
4.5
The fact that the MC is never given a name really added to the story and the ending had me 🤯 👀
Note: There were a couple of problematic scenes, which I guess at the time wouldn’t have come across that way, but were cringe and uncomfortable to read in the modern day.
Graphic: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Infidelity
Minor: Incest