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seventhswan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
If I'm honest, the first two sections bored me a little and I found myself skim reading. They were clearly excellently crafted and I couldn't fault the characters or plotline at all, it just really wasn't a topic I was interested in. However, I raced through the third and fourth sections in a couple of hours. As the story shifted away from the stock market and focused on Ida and Mildred as characters, I was much more invested.
This was a book with an extremely long setup, but I think the payoff was just about worth it, even if there wasn't a huge twist in the end as I thought there might be. It was excellent as a work of literature, and I see why it was highly commended, I just personally struggled to get excited by the heavy focus on the economy.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
dolores153'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: Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cancer, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Classism
appled303'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Classism
leahthebooklover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Classism
lizzym126's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
honeybeewitched87's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Alcohol
hmetwade's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
znvisser's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Gaslighting
kris386's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death
Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol