Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

17 reviews

smotola's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

a_serpent_with_corners's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Liked how well this showed that strongly held principles/changes of heart can be simultanously 'real' and driven by self-interest. Thinking especially of

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Becky's conversion experience and Clem's decision to enlist

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The mixture of love, duty, and resentment that characterises the family relationships was also well-drawn.

The parts about Marion were the biggest mixed bag for me. She gets one of the most blistering exchanges of dialogue in the novel, but the parts dealing with her earlier life from her own perspective didn't quite ring true for me - they seemed a bit sensational. Not so much in the specifics of what happened but more in

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the way mental illness was expressed in the narration

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It goes very quickly - I finished it in four days, despite them being quite busy. Everything I read about this compared it to The Corrections and most agreed that that was even better, so I will need to seek it out sometime.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

lubepizza's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

God I hate this family so much but boy howdy does this sucker know how to write.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Abortion, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Racism

Minor: War and Adult/minor relationship

hannakutlu's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

jessidbee's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abortion, Classism, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

joensign's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

j_crews90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Colonisation, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Eating disorder

unboxedjack's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Suicide

exactlyem's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

robgottfried's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, and Sexual violence