rhubarbpi3 's review for:

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I still don’t entirely know how I feel about this book. It is very intense. It is very dark. It is very Shakespearean. It deals with gender in a way that feels a little Barbie-monologue-esq which I didn’t love but I also think that was a bit of the point. I also loved listening to it while driving around in litchfiled county in fall, very apt considering one of the main characters grew up there. Not exactly sure I would reccomend this book, but very compelling at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail