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mccormicke2's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abortion, Classism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Grief
katierosecrane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Alcohol, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
erinvasut'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
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Child abuse
Minor: Abortion
jasminmarks's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Fatphobia
opplecopter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Gun violence and Forced institutionalization
kaylamarie11'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
3.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Rape, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Abortion, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Forced institutionalization
msekulich's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Infertility, Abortion, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Terminal illness
twisted_luce's review
- 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
2.0
It plateaus quite quickly, I really hoped it would pick up the pace but when it did finally get into it, it was just OK and then over.
Side note - I couldn’t get past the plot hole that she tried on every pair of her knickers whilst she was picking the kids up. EVERY PAIR, as a reader we already know that this is a whole bedroom sized closet, so I could just imagine her frantically getting in and out of tons of pairs of pants like some sort of frenzied world record attempt.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Bullying and Eating disorder
Minor: Child abuse
Trigger warning for eating disorders and domestic / financial / sexual / emotional abusivechelseamayxxx's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, Fatphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Abortion
pookiee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
a lot of reviews mention plot twists, but I only read one (
the writing is very bland; everything is “She did this. Then, she did that.” with no interesting figurative language. the simplicity makes it easy to speed through the book at least.
the characters are supremely boring, too. it’s crystal clear whom readers are supposed to root for/against and these people have no life outside of being virtuous/villainous and rich/poor.
the pov in part i is exhaustingly bitter and part ii is filled with tactless descriptions of abuse just to have us pity one chara and hate the other even more. this is not a deeply psychological book or character study, it’s emotional manipulation with total caricatures and major, laughable plot conveniences.
Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Chronic illness, Infertility, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Rape, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Child abuse
Minor: Blood