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sandysmith'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Addiction, and Islamophobia
lngoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, and Addiction
bella_cavicchi'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Infidelity, and Medical content
Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, and Racism
Minor: Violence, Alcoholism, and Death
katgent'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Infidelity, Islamophobia, and Racism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Kidnapping
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
liblibby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s a beautiful story about all sorts of relationships and the way they can shift and change in our lives.
Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Violence, and Addiction
Minor: Islamophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
sib_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Islamophobia
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Minor: Abandonment, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
rmanaa'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? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Addiction and Rape
jesikasbookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Monica Ali uses her large character list to explore interesting and important situations, attitudes and experiences in the modern world. Trigger warnings for addiction, racism and rape. This is not a light read, but it is a rewarding one if you can stick with unlikeable characters as they work through the worst of themselves and start to become someone a bit better.
The book explores what it means to love someone, what it means to he active in your authenticity, what it is to stand up for who you really want to be. From a doctor's responsibility for their patients though to the responsibility children and parents feel towards each other, from the experience of discrimination through to the ignorance of one's prejudice, this book captures and asks the reader to think about so much.
It is very well done. It is is also very long and relatively slow, I wish I had been in the mood for that kind of read. As it was it took me longer to read this than I would normally and I struggled with it because of that - my advice would be to pick this one up when you are in the right mood for a long book you can live in for some time.
Moderate: Rape, Racism, and Addiction