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cayleigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Racism
Moderate: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
elianawolfson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship
_aine_16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Misogyny
Minor: Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Toxic friendship
thevietvegan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The writing style is like spoken word, it is emphatic and confusing to follow in the beginning, but past the first few chapters it really flows and doesn’t disorient you anymore. The narrative style reminds me of Homegoing or Under the Rainbow, where you are taken through various characters through a timeline to piece together how all these characters connect. I really enjoyed it in the end.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Rape, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
porterpa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Minor: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting
tomrae1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Child death, and Abandonment
Minor: Cancer
char1otte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Such a deeply emotional, clever and captivating book! As someone who at a first, superficial glance has little in common with the characters, I still found it so easy to relate to the profoundly human topics explored here and have to admit I learned a lot about myself. Would recommend to anyone - even though I was first stirred away from this by a friend who didn't like it.
Graphic: Racism and Sexism
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, and Transphobia
whatannikareads'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? It's complicated
4.0
one thing that really rubbed me wrong was the ending when we were reading about amma's daughter's father (forgot their names omg so sorry). i still don't understand why the conclusion revolved around him, or at least the very first part of it. i was like.......why are we reading a whole ass book about women and i'm suddenly meant to care about the expansion on this man's life lol.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, and Toxic relationship
tamaraepps's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Gaslighting