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josie9's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- 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
2.5
only read to listen to katie mcgrath’s voice for 11 hours and 57 minutes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Excrement
mrodrigues23's review
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Amazing book that includes a Sapphic relationship. The book also takes a glance into the perspective of the thoughts of an abuser and the rationalisation that occurred due to there being a patriarchal society that forces women to submit to men and a potential and very realist portrayal of what can happen when a man's ego and pride is wounded. I would also like to point out that due to the patriarchal society one of the females in the gay relationship appeared to have a warped view of what a woman loving woman relationship consisted of. I believe it was her way of at some points rationalising this and being able to be her bisexual self without endangering her beliefs. The societal expectation are also what drove the MC into the abusive 'relationship'.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Slavery
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Colonisation
Minor: Death and Abortion