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sarahrussell's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
erinquas's review
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief
mrita's review
I think this just wasn't for me. I got about halfway through before deciding not to continue with it. The road trip parts and the letters in the past were the biggest hindrance to me getting through it. The writing is beautiful though. The parts I liked, I had a lot of underlines and highlights. But after having it for more than 6 weeks from the library, reading it felt like a chore and I was just bored. Also, I guess if you're dealing with suicidal ideation, maybe stay away from this one. I'll rate it 2 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
humanblight's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
4.0
Morality is not always *good* or *bad* when it comes to how we related to one another in our past. How we could relate to one another once again. Social customs are furniture around real living flumes of connections and signals.
Perhaps feeling deadened by life and simultaneously longing for the real deadness when existence gets tough, or just inconvenient, isn’t so abnormal - people write about it all the time !
One last thing : anyone that has held the hand of the dying can attest to a rotting that is simply bodily, not at all spiritual. It’s only the living that rot when we can’t find the jovial, aggressive parts of ourselves any longer.
Perhaps feeling deadened by life and simultaneously longing for the real deadness when existence gets tough, or just inconvenient, isn’t so abnormal - people write about it all the time !
One last thing : anyone that has held the hand of the dying can attest to a rotting that is simply bodily, not at all spiritual. It’s only the living that rot when we can’t find the jovial, aggressive parts of ourselves any longer.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
kers_tin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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? Yes
4.25
This was a bizarre and unnerving meditation on grief while also being a time capsule of 2016. This transported me and I wasn't sure where it was going to go or what was real but I'm sure that's the point. Loved the writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt
sionnac's review
Narrator was good on audio but I really didn't like the contemporary plot. i love her writing but the character of Lily really put me off once she appeared.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition
Beautiful prose, but both the dialogue and plot were too much.
The postbellum letters were by far my favorite part.
The postbellum letters were by far my favorite part.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
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