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raffia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Infidelity and Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, and War
kydnmthws's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
”What did you expect?”
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol
sadiaa's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
lief_'s review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, and War
Minor: Alcoholism
maithaalfalasi's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual content
Academia, slow life, quietsamarakroeger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
William Stoner is an incredibly awkward and passive-aggressive protagonist. The book is sad, slow, and deeply melancholic as it follows his tiny little life at the University of Missouri during the Greatest Generation. I found him frustrating, but in a way that makes a compelling book.
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
wormgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Classism
millenniumix's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
And if you think it sounds like a bore, I assure you it isn’t. Anybody would be bettered by having picked this one and read it.
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism
klor's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent
cherryredmarlene's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
Moderate: Addiction