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nannov2'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide
nautikal'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide
Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
lets_book'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
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Body horror, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
claudia3'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
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content
parkyparkpark'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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Sexual assault
mortiffa's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
The writing is simply beautiful. Poetic and risky, but stunning and pays off. My favorite thing about this was the writing.
I also really enjoyed the characters, the complicated relationships all throughout. There were things that felt a little tropey, sure, but Audrain really knew how to execute these tropes, so that doesn't bother me.
I really, really enjoyed this one. Shout out to Val for recommending this one to me!
Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, and Suicide
lilacvictim's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
kimveach'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
4.25
This doesn't sound like it would be a "fun" book to read, but it's well worth it. The writing is excellent and I kept wanting to know what would happen next.
It has flashbacks to her mother's and her childhoods which can make it a little confusing if you prefer a more straightforward and linear story.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Miscarriage
smehra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Stalking, and Abortion
exorbts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
-It is a dark psychological drama of 3 generations of mothers and how each one of them affected her daughter's future and view of the world of motherhood, and it was absolutely scary to think about.
-I LOVED how this book discussed grief and loss in a heartbreakingly beautiful way.
-The ending was not to my liking
Spoiler
IMHO, it would have been more impactful and interesting if the mother's suspicions were wrong-There are some topics that really intimidated me like giving birth and the aftermath and repercussions on the mother's body and mental health, marriage(the wife-husband relationship).
-Overall, this book was slow, dark, twisted, mind-boggling, hard-hitting, and hard to put down with beautiful writing. A great experience.
P.S: a theory of the cover and how I interpret it: two faces that make a womb-that interpret motherhood\(mother/daughter)\(mother/mother)-. The overall picture of butterfly-that interprets the (Butterfly-Effect)of how a small action can result in large differences in the future.
so like how the experience of a woman as a daughter and a mother can influence the experience of her daughter.
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Stalking
Minor: Sexual content