ellilo'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
ezulc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Mental illness, Infidelity, Car accident, Child death, Pregnancy, Grief, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Death of parent
bbbree's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Death, and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy
dimagnolia'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
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Death, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Car accident
analenegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The only reason it received less than five stars was because I found the descriptions of women's bodies almost hurtful to the story Audrain was telling especially one meant to be a reckoning with the role of mothers.
Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Child death
Moderate: Abortion
amorales107's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Miscarriage and Infidelity
Minor: Suicide
nuh_thaan's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Spoiler
The deep dive into Blythe's psyche, childhood, and her mother's childhood really provide context to what goes through her mind. The concept of behaviors being passed down because of the bond that women have is always very interesting. Violet has such a strong personality too, I'd be interested in exploring her thoughts more in depth as well.Blythe doesn't connect with Violet, but she did connect with Sam. Violet pushed Sam into the street which caused him to die. Or at least that's what we're meant to believer. Blythe tries to be a good mother, Blythe tries to learn and befriend Gemma (in a roundabout way), Blythe tries to get Fox to understand what is happening. Blythe tries. Unfortunately, no one listens to her and the result is more chaos.
Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Grief, Child death, Gaslighting, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Miscarriage
madeleinebay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abortion, Sexual content, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Toxic relationship
erenreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
HOWEVER. The author is VERY weird about sexuality at times (especially at the gallery and about breasts in general), it just keeps repeating the same stuff over and over, literally no one but Gemma is lovable or even tolerable in the whole book, and it’s just. overall extremely “meh”.
I definitely would recommend it to people but like, most of these reviews get the expectations HIGH. it wasnt worth the hype (even though i absolutely enjoyed it too)
Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Blood, Addiction, Child death, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Abandonment
abrasieve's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child death, Death, Body horror, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Excrement and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Cursing, Abortion, and Vomit