helenstratton 's review for:

Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think this book has reignited a love of literature I had misplaced for over a decade.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Classism