A review by sarah984
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I did not like this at all. The prose was miserable to read (it's a bunch of sentence fragments telling you what everyone is thinking all the time), the "revolutionary" character is like a cartoon villain and the twist is both deeply stupid and reinforces the class divisions the book is supposedly against.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail