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omgitsofg'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Violence, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
frantically's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol and Fatphobia
ro_lux's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Body shaming and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Fatphobia
juli_powers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Car accident
theresapetray's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
Minor: Ableism
diana_blackmoon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The book is full of weird family dynamics and big and small tragedies. It made me consider human relationships on a deep level and saved me some money on psychologist visits considering toxic relationships with romantic partners. I don't think I've read more insightful contemporary authors.
You should definitely read it if you love unusual dynamics between sisters. I am also sure one of the sisters could be described and neurodivergent however it is not mentioned anywhere in the book.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Infertility, Grief, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, and Domestic abuse
emmacharlotte96'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
2.0
I also started to see parallels between character in other books, like I saw elements of Grace from The Last Anniversary in Lynn and elements of Madeline from Big Little Lies in Cat and to some extent, Gemma. Similarly I could see elements of Abigail from Big Little Lies in Cara. I don’t know exactly, but it just felt kind of same-y.
This isn’t a direct criticism of this book in particular but it also made me aware of how white-washed (and straight) Moriarty’s books are. In all the books I’ve read, I can only think of one explicitly non-straight main character and not sure I could name a single non-white main character from any of the books I’ve read.
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders