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Euforia by Lily King

25 reviews

jigsymd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

imds's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

hinkleh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide and Excrement

mializa_mk's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, adventurous and reflective. 
Made me think about love, power, and the true purpose of curiosity. 

It is remarkable how different perspectives on life and culture are portrayed by introducing F., N. and B.'s personalities and how this whole concept is discussed on a meta-level by them establishing a theory of culture and personality.
I am also still devastated about the ending. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Slavery, and Cannibalism

alinabkl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

mlander's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism

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

hkajer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-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

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, and Cultural appropriation

keepreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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

4.75

Euphoria is a tense, intelligent and utterly immersive novel taking place in the early 1930s in New Guinea, and I completely devoured it. Three anthropologists, two of them a married couple, are studying the relatively unknown tribes along the Sepik River, and before long their wildly different passions, desires, temperaments and (questionable) choices bring them all to a dangerous point of no return. There is an almost unbearable sense of foreboding and psychological build-up – you feel certain very early on that an explosion will happen, it’s only a matter of when (and what the consequences will be). I admit to flipping pages ahead several times to get an idea of what and when something would happen; it’s a terrible habit of mine when the tension gets too much! 

 

It’s interesting how different Euphoria is from Writers & Lovers; they are nothing alike and might as well have been written by two different authors. The pace and writing, the themes, the setting, none of it is similar, and I can see from reviews that some fans of Writers & Lovers have been disappointed by this one. I’m just lucky that Euphoria caters to just as many parts of me as Writers & Lovers did, particularly my more scientific and feminist sides, and my passion for historical settings. This is my third Lily King book, and she hasn't disappointed this reader yet! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Abortion

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement