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smashingreads's review against another edition
How the f is this so popular? I picked this up as it was recommended multiple times under a Reddit post titled something like “I feel like a failure if a parent. What should I read?” And I’m so confused why tf this was recommended. Like, haha, at least your kid isn’t a sociopath. That should make you feel like you don’t suck so much.
larissazavala4's review against another edition
3.0
3.75 stars. I read it because it was on Carley fortunes list of what percy would read from every summer after! This book was so freaky and messed up but I couldn’t stop
ekelker's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
liakeller's review against another edition
2.0
Add this to the books I really disliked and the rest of the world enjoyed. I didn't enjoy the "you" and narration style or the actual story.
sleepytimebooks's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
effloress's review against another edition
5.0
This book made me feel so uncomfortable. The flip and flop between feeling the pulse of obvious unreliability and then snapping straight into stark believability from the main POV felt so fucking real. One of my top reads of the year for sure. I won't do a good job expressing my feelings about this book because this one felt too much like home. jdsfhsdlkfjsdk
sianmichaela's review against another edition
I just hated it. Couldn't get along with the style, hardly kept up with the characters. Found it too descriptive around the birthday/pregnancy. Just not my cup of tea at all.
lavins's review against another edition
3.0
First things first.
This is not a tense, page-turning psychological drama. Not in a long shot. It is a dark drama. Not a thriller, not a suspenseful one. The only suspense is knowing something worse is going to happen. And on that plan, it is not disappointing. Something worse will happen.
The whole book is about a collection of characters and their stories, and all of them bad, tragic, devastating.
The book is related from Blythe's perspective. We get a few stories about her family history (her mom and grandmother) but the main focus is her and her life and how that unfolds over time. The tone of the book is tragedy, darkness. There is not a shred of happiness in it. There are entire chapters relating in excruciating detail the pain (physical and non physical) of becoming a mother, of raising a baby and so on.
Violet turns out to be different than what was hoped in a child and some of the things she's getting away with are tragic.
Personally i've read this book in one sitting not because i've enjoyed it, but because i couldn't wait for it to be over. It was not my type of book. Far too negative and dark.
This is not a tense, page-turning psychological drama. Not in a long shot. It is a dark drama. Not a thriller, not a suspenseful one. The only suspense is knowing something worse is going to happen. And on that plan, it is not disappointing. Something worse will happen.
The whole book is about a collection of characters and their stories, and all of them bad, tragic, devastating.
The book is related from Blythe's perspective. We get a few stories about her family history (her mom and grandmother) but the main focus is her and her life and how that unfolds over time. The tone of the book is tragedy, darkness. There is not a shred of happiness in it. There are entire chapters relating in excruciating detail the pain (physical and non physical) of becoming a mother, of raising a baby and so on.
Violet turns out to be different than what was hoped in a child and some of the things she's getting away with are tragic.
Personally i've read this book in one sitting not because i've enjoyed it, but because i couldn't wait for it to be over. It was not my type of book. Far too negative and dark.
calvellia's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0