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clairebartholomew549's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Classism
oproy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The decline of Mildred’s health in the last portion was heartbreaking, and also interesting to see her role in Andrew’s successes.
Again, although the idea is good, I did not really enjoy reading it. It was lengthy and sometimes superfluous. Would not recommend.
Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent
harperphillips96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
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
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
bessadams'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
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
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
gracescanlon'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? It's complicated
4.25
The ordering of these parts created the effect of the women setting the record straight. One woman saw herself in the other and used her own experience as a woman to read between the lines of the previous narratives to learn the real story while placating men. Meanwhile, the other woman told the actual story, as it happened in her life, using her own words. I loved that it seemed that it was the combined efforts of the women that revealed the truth - the first, in analyzing the information she was given and pursuing the real story, and the second, in recording the facts as she knew them.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism
Minor: Violence