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saarahkaatharina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness and Rape
literarydumpling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape and Abortion
Minor: Mental illness
nabecker13's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Ableism, Car accident, Death of parent, Infidelity, Cancer, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Abortion, and Confinement
Minor: Antisemitism
jackbifrost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, Dementia, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Terminal illness, Abortion, and Rape
Minor: War and Death of parent
merrynthomas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Medical content, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape
laurennicole98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abortion
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Confinement
Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Mental illness
sundaybookclub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Rape
Minor: Cancer
risemini's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, and Forced institutionalization
sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
i think the only characters i was invested with were gretchen and margaret and once their story became a subplot, my interest in the story. now that i have finished the book, looking back at it, i can empathize with jean and howard, however while reading, i just didn't feel any kind of affection towards any of them.
maybe i'm just not used to reading books in english (i usually read them in spanish) but the writing felt dense at some parts and i just could not focus on what was going on. however, one thing i liked is how the author occasionally inserted jean's articles for the newspaper. although i think it was a cool detail, i think clare chambers could have done so much better.
idk, all in all, i just can't see the point of the book. and i get that some stories are just pointless but this book just was not my cup of tea.
Graphic: Death, Abortion, and Rape
Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual assault
steamybob'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
4.0
Moderate: Dementia, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Pregnancy