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beth_farrelly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Death, Dementia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Body horror
Minor: Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, and Suicide
sevenforasecret's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, and Grief
Minor: Blood
houseofjules'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Confinement
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Death
jojothefool's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Confinement, Grief, and Body horror
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Medical trauma
The main character has hypochondria so explicit descriptions of that (although nothing causes super detailed panic), deep sea, drowningitsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.25
Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, and Grief
Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Lesbophobia
thebetterstory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Leah and Miri aren't badly written, but I had the same issue as I often do with modern literary fiction, which is that everyone felt a bit interchangeable. Yes, they had carefully specified quirks, and their backstories and families were developed. All those elements were there, but in the end they felt pretty much interchangeable aside from those. The same goes for the rest of the cast. Names would appear in the story, and despite how short the book was I couldn't honestly tell you who Sam or any of the rest of them were or when they'd been introduced, specifically.
Similarly, if you asked me to name a character trait for either of the leads, it would have to be "nice" for Leah, which you know mostly because the book and Miri tell you so, and...I really don't know for Miri, actually. Withdrawn, maybe, or cold. They have all those insightful human moments grafted onto them and their stories, but they never really feel like they make the narrative theirs, which also makes the romance—which does have its poignant moments—feel a touch bland as well.
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Ableism
mamatrauma'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Blood
dovefeathers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Moderate: Body horror and Confinement
Minor: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent
rebeccadiv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Gore
Minor: Homophobia, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
torismazarine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Terminal illness, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder