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Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol
Minor: Vomit
Quinn kept ‘The Briar Club’ engaging for the reader with the layout - each chapter (they’re LONG chapters, but plenty of breaks in each) tells the backstory of a different boarder. She also gives the house a voice, which was interesting and, I thought, unnecessary. The house didn’t play a large enough role to make an impact. Each character is sufficiently complex. The book felt drawn out a little longer than it needed to be. The reader knew a twist was coming, that Grace wasn’t completely as she seemed. While I guessed what Grace’s backstory would be, Quinn writes well enough that I didn’t feel let down by being able to guess. I appreciate that Quinn does thorough research for each of her novels and bases her characters at least vaguely on real life people.
Was this knock-your-socks-off great? No. Was it enjoyable enough that I’d recommend it to others, especially those into historical fiction? Yes.
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Racism, Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Classism
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, War
Minor: Body shaming
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, War
Minor: Body shaming, Sexism, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, War
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism
Minor: Body shaming, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail