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alicewolfe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
qstew'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? It's complicated
4.75
the book's rhythm was consistent and speedy - it reads as though it is, in its entirety, an epilogue tying off the loose ends of a series of characters with whom the reader has a long-established, familiar, and loving rapport.
very glad to have stumbled upon this book while simultaneously saddened that i hadn't heard of it sooner.
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness
extru'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
stalfos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, War, and Classism
infectedarea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
strrygo'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? Yes
5.0
intro to the book has a quote from Williams calling stoner a hero(whole intro conflicted with my experience of the book rly whsgdhwhw). i don't think i pity him despite wishing everyone involved had a chance at something Better, or more, but i think it's so interesting how his endurance and firmness to himself—which i think is felt most with how he never seems to outgrow himself, he's just always the stoner thinking of the university as a thing beyond himself, masters, his Love, the dirt—is considered heroic, love and a desire to live, do something meaningful, to work, described as heroism when they feel like they are the most natural part of human nature make this feel so much more depressing for me. his life was not particularly difficult but that doesn't mean it was not sad, despite it's normalcy or the fact that it repeats itself in every other 'stoner'. if stoner is a hero What is there but to sacrifice and endure
♡ rec from adri
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Racism and Pregnancy
maresuju's review against another edition
<CW: marital rape>
I understand that this is supposed to be a representation of the monotony/mediocrity that life can be, but I almost feel like this was the opposite. The MC is selfish, refused to make decisions or take any action, and only acts out of his own immediate interests. He essentially forces his wife to marry him despite her making it clear that she has no romantic interest in him, and he rapes her regularly (the author makes it very clear that she’s either asleep or wake up and is tense/unmoving). And then he wonders why his life is shitty, why his wife hates him and keeps her daughter from him.
Truly he is a mediocre (at best) man who feels like he’s entitled to a job, friends, a wife, a family, everything just because he’s there, but puts no effort into any of his relationships. I really tried to stick it out, and made it almost 70% of the way through, but I was just so annoyed and angered by the MC that I couldn’t find a single reason to care about what happens.
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and War
Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
apthompson's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
aniquegrace'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
4.25
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: War
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