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Euforia by Lily King

5 reviews

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Incest, Racial slurs, and War

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and War

theministy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-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

5.0

Euphoria is hands down one of my favorite novels. King's ability to set the environment is flawless, the setting is lush and exotic without being unimaginably or distractingly foreign. Her depiction of the complex relationships between our main characters is consistently compelling. The ending, one of the most heart-breaking things that I have ever read.
I will never not recommend this book to every person that I can. It is an important story, loosely inspired by the life of 20th century anthropologist Margaret Mead, and a magnificently told one.

3/14/23
I just completed my fifth read of this book and it honestly holds up as one of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use, Incest, Rape, Cannibalism, and Murder

alisonvh's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I would have liked more from this book. It immerses you in a completely different world, and by the time I got oriented, the story was almost over. But the writing is gorgeous and the two narrators for the audiobook did a great job.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Drug use and Transphobia