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kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Classism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking
gloriazthompson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Child death
mandi4886's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Abandonment, Murder, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, and Confinement
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Alcoholism, Ableism, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Vomit
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Antisemitism
noel_reads_everything's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent
sbkennedy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Racism
lucy_shanners's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Dementia, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism and Self harm
keepsleep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement
nks93's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, and Death of parent
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Grief, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Racial slurs
spaghettireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The sub-genre of historical fiction that generally features women looking away on the cover is not one that I usually reach for. While I did find the writing in this relatively engaging, and I did want to keep reading it to find out what the twist was at the end, I thought that the book had a lot of issues. Perhaps the fact that a real life historical tragedy has been written with the vibe of a mystery is the problem. As one of my friends pointed out, it felt as though just everything bad possible was happening to the characters.
And while I said that I was waiting for the final details to be revealed at the end, a lot of the book felt very predictable. My book club also talked about how the portrayal of people of colour, and mostly Black people in this story was pretty terrible.
So, as I said I wouldn’t recommend this. Thanks as always to my book club friends for a great discussion 😊
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence