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literary__mary'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
Moderate: Addiction and Suicide
georgiakirkegard'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts
kalzu'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
3.25
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
janshi'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
2.0
Absolutley not my cup of tea. Would not recommend.
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
brogan7's review against another edition
3.0
But she doesn't penetrate any of these issues with any depth. She seems averse to creating a whole sentence, in fact (well maybe they're sentences but barely...okay, I've been reading Middlemarch alongside so maybe this isn't fair but honestly she doesn't stay with a thought for five minutes.). I wanted to know...the grit of, what happens with the brother? How does the niece's hair smell? (The baby seems like just a prop, never grazes real.). How do you as a human who cares, bear the weight of your loved ones' sorrows?
If Offill never hit a true note, I would dismiss this book as just unimportant, but I felt that she had something, she just didn't stay with it. I have a friend who is retreating from the world...I wanted to learn something, I wanted to relate... obviously Offill writes because she cares about these things, but then why doesn't she give anything? It's all a big sardonic joke. You survive by glossing the surfaces? I don't believe it. The way she writes suggests to me that she has lots to say, she just doesn't go there.
I wanted her to go there.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
bea_becker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Addiction
yananed'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
2.0
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Child abuse and Child death
ivorynovature's review against another edition
Moderate: Addiction
eligru's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy
Minor: War
leahfigiel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and War
Minor: Addiction