Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - The Paper Palace

Unlikeable characters very graphic and repeated descriptions of child sexual abuse
Only redeemable quality is the actual writing but the content was either boring or horrific with no in between

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mckaylacrump's review against another edition

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dark emotional

3.5

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lucystyles's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

I think I must have skipped over the ‘trauma’ element in the blurb because this book ended up being a lot different to what I was expecting.

There are heavy themes throughout about sexual abuse and mother daughter relationships. I would say that these are the two main themes of the book, not really the affair.

I think the author wrote these themes really well and it really did leave me sucker punched at times, I feel like I really felt the weight of the characters. It also did a good job of portraying how these themes are prevalent in many women’s lives in one way or another, varying in severity.

Until the last paragraph this was probably more of a 4.75 for me but the ending was very vague. I think I know what happened but I’m not entirely sure, I guess it is open to interpretation, however I quite like to just be told what happened.

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elevent11's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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itsdeenlee's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

this was a love story hidden beneath copious amounts of trauma. i liked it, but i felt like the trauma was only there and didn't necessarily move the plot forward at times or contribute significantly to the character development. i liked the way it was written too - it's blunt and direct kind of in opposition to the love story aspect of the novel

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