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c_lizziebeth's Reviews (58)
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Austen’s best and anyone’s best and a perfect novel—
challenging
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation
Minor: Gun violence
adventurous
dark
emotional
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Honestly, Miller is at her best when she doesn’t have time to meander. Her prose has gotten better since this, yes, but I prefer the tighter story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Eh. It was short. It was fine but I hate that it had to be The Darkling? What did he do to deserve sympathy or protagonist treatment? I read the books. You cannot make me care about him—both because of him being originally meant to be irredeemable and because of him being fairly uncompelling—It was not going to be engaging when we made him the main character. Not like this.
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Eh. Pretty writing.. brilliant ideas and aesthetic. But no follow through. It’s shallow and inconsistent. I want to love it. But it’s not good.
I might pick it up again but I’m just too busy to suffer through like three hundred pages of exposition.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
Good riddance. A Few funny lines, reflective moments, and good discussions were not worth the rest of the book being nonsensical, boring, and Ridiculously Racist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol