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A review by ignorantplebeian
Sleep by Honor Jones
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
The main character is molested at the start of the book when she is 10 years old. We then spend a large portion of the book engaged in scenes where the now-adult-main-character is allowing her 4-10 year old daughters to interact with, play with, sleep over in the same house with that childhood abuser. the abuser never molests the main character's children and seems to have only victimized the main character in this way These scenes were very intense for me even though nothing triggering was happening on screen.