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urmominmybed69's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
3.5
orhallylujah's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
amullens12's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- 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
4.25
lowrijaynerees's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
sofiesshelves's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I absolutely loved this book!! It’s a very specific genre but it’s my absolute fav💗
easyvisionary's review against another edition
4.0
“I wonder about the weight of endings. Why should the way a person dies color the memory of their life? Or does the finality of death alone do it?”
“After my mother died a few years ago, peacefully but without resolution between us, the figure in my mind shifted from threatening to intermittently sympathetic.”
This was a good read. Read a good chunk of it at the beach which was lovely. Had me very entranced. The last half took a turn I didn’t expect but I appreciate it didn’t last too long.
Meggie is a complex and unreliable narrator which I always enjoy. She has such an idealized view of Sabine that it’s distorted. She really only knows what Sabine chooses to tell her regardless of the truth of any of it.
I appreciated how it spoke about the different experiences and intimacies with men and women. And how they are challenging in their own ways.
"I wanted to kiss her then, but recalled times with men when they'd converted an emotional moment into an opportunity for sex. How even when it was tender, I'd had this sense of rewarding their empathy, that they'd been hoping for the reward. It made me feel detached, slightly more alone. Not a big thing forgivable even. But I didn't want Sabine to feel like that. I didn't want her to feel alone at all."
“After my mother died a few years ago, peacefully but without resolution between us, the figure in my mind shifted from threatening to intermittently sympathetic.”
This was a good read. Read a good chunk of it at the beach which was lovely. Had me very entranced. The last half took a turn I didn’t expect but I appreciate it didn’t last too long.
Meggie is a complex and unreliable narrator which I always enjoy. She has such an idealized view of Sabine that it’s distorted. She really only knows what Sabine chooses to tell her regardless of the truth of any of it.
I appreciated how it spoke about the different experiences and intimacies with men and women. And how they are challenging in their own ways.
"I wanted to kiss her then, but recalled times with men when they'd converted an emotional moment into an opportunity for sex. How even when it was tender, I'd had this sense of rewarding their empathy, that they'd been hoping for the reward. It made me feel detached, slightly more alone. Not a big thing forgivable even. But I didn't want Sabine to feel like that. I didn't want her to feel alone at all."
candeegirl's review against another edition
2.5
slow at times, and a bit jumpy, some really good lines and I do love a messy story-- however the ending was like actually awful