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greatexpectations77'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Violence, and Grief
aubigney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
leannanecdote'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
liv_txt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts
ashley_turch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Violence, and Death of parent
sakisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This book has a bit of a slow start so I wasn’t sure how much I’d get into it… But I’m glad I persevered!
Based around Ara (a mute woman who works at a hair salon), Kyuri (a room salon worker), Miho (an artist whose move back to Seoul is fraught with relationship complications), Sijun (Ara’s protective best friend) and Wonna (the woman who lives in the apartment above the girls), this book had the resonance of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’. We explored beauty, family, feminism, and so much more!
I gave it 3.5 stars because it was, as mentioned above, a bit of a slow burner but once you got into it you couldn’t stop 👏🏼
Some of my favourite moments included are below 👀
I am also a huge fan of Korean food so all of their descriptors of kalgukksu, KFC etc. made me hungry 😅
Content warnings included below!
Thank you ✨
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
beautifulminutiae's review against another edition
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
doodeedoda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Abortion
oliviabrcka'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Suicide
issyd23's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism