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umarshahzad's review against another edition
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
swinevenus'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
mack_urdaddy'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Addiction
spectraljuice's review against another edition
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship
jayismit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Sexism
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
hue's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Misogyny
gymnesa'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
2.25
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Alcohol
icarusandthesun'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
2.75
i picked this up because i saw a youtube short that basically said something along the lines of "i'm halfway through this book and i feel sick" backdropped by a picture of the first page, adorned with the very eye-catching first sentence:
i liked hurting girls.
i was intrigued, because i'm a fan of all things dark, disgusting, disturbing, mental.
and the first third was quite good, actually - funny (the narrator taking the "pith" out of someone's "lithsp" was probably the funniest thing i've read in a book ever) and cynical; the reader absolutely appalled by the narrator and yet being met with smart and relatable quotes, self-aware, realistic observations about life and the relationships we choose to fill it with.
but all of that sort of got lost as the story progressed: the narrator becoming an emblem in AA (alcoholics anonymous), getting a good job, fretting about the future, describing his boring and mid-life-crisis way of living, and tiring everyday life.
halfway through, this turned into some sort of self-pitying self-help book written by a touch-deprived middle-aged man.
and the thing with aisling, right...
the thing we've been waiting for since page one.
it was nothing.
infuriating, considering i read 140 slow and excruciating pages to get to this point just to be disappointed like every girl the narrator fooled back in his prime time. (ironic, if you think about it.)
yeah, i just expected something a little different. i wanted disgusting, unhinged. i wanted another humbert humbert (shame on whoever it was who compared this book to lolita in the synopsis).
i wanted so much more than this.
but alas.
Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny
Minor: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
kats_reads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Addiction
jinx_mars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Infidelity