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laura_et'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
4.5
Moderate: Abortion and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death
tytrack99'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: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Abortion, and Emotional abuse
mari_is_here'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
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Gore
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
clairebear23's review against another edition
3.5
I second a couple of reviews I've seen about this book: don't read it if you're not in a great place.
**Spoiler**
It's not a happy ending.
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
cmc741'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Abortion
page_with_no_i's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion
sararm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
The examination of corporate life in the tech sector is sharp and insightful. The way we are asked to pretend our jobs are part of our life mission, the way we allow them to overlap with our identity, how much our job signifies whether we've made it or not. And to do these pointless activities while living in a place filled with desperation, with an incoming pandemic and a climate crisis...
Ripe captures the utter hopelessness of this way of life, the failure at the core of it, so well. It's tense and stressful. This means that it's also fundamentally a hopeless, humourless novel. And you've got to wonder exactly what it wants to say, beyond I don't like it here.
Overall, I thought it was a bit uneven. The prose was largely wonderful, but the dialogue felt so so unnatural and stilted and the friendships, family and office dynamics rang a bit false. There is a particularly unbelievable fight with Nicole and Maria which took me out of the story.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion
marmalou_'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? It's complicated
4.0
Found some of the imagery slightly repetitive but really enjoyed this book. Some dark themes and quite a tense read. 4 ⭐️ overall.
TW: burn-out, suicide, abortion, drugs, depression, bullying
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Drug use
c_boggs'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
ourladyofcats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol