louiepotterbook 's review for:

Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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What keeps me from giving it 5 stars is that I fear the author did not intend what I got out of it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail