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I was riveted from the get-go and thoroughly enjoyed the plot throughout the book. I also appreciated the range of characters introduced throughout the book with one notable exception. I wish there had been more attention placed on the people of Shattock. Other than that, I thought they were are all very true to their time, place, wealth, education and upbringing.
The predictability that some lament in this book is the patriarchy. The patriarchy enacts itself in predictable ways because it works. It's not Moore's fault that patriarchal societies do what they do; her book was literally about the way the patriarchy ruined or harmed the majority of women in the book.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization
I will say that I somehow loved the ending, and found it so beautiful, with such a light touch — odd after this book that felt so heavy-handed to me. It was absolutely not worth it for me but I somehow was still quite enchanted by it even as I was so ready to be done. So the writing is definitely remarkable in some way, even though for me this is not going to be a writer I return to again.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
(I'm going to immediately contradict my last statement) Maybe the writer was trying to bring out how little say she had in her own life, that even her lifestory is told for her, and not by her. And yes, her story was important in a way to show
Maybe I had such a bad time with this book because I don't enjoy reading about nonlikeable characters..?
The ending did save this book for me, but I'm not going to recommend this to others, and hope I don't stumble upon a similiar book for a long while.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Classism
Moderate: Infidelity
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
4/5 ⭐️
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence