zosiablue's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Classism, Infertility, and Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Violence, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
smdorsett's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity
Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Violence
mxpringle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Murder, Abortion, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and War
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
throwback682's review
- 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
5.0
If you want to know more of the plot, but not major twists or ending:
Spoiler
An older woman and her spinster daughter, living alone after the sons were killed in WWI and the husband died of a heart attack, are financially ruined and have to take in a young married couple as lodgers. The daughter is a lesbian and starts having an affair with the woman lodger. Then the man lodger dies unexpectedly and that’s where the majority of the tension in the book comes from. So it’s a sapphic love story? But also mostly a murder… not mystery? A crime drama, perhaps.If you want to know whether it has a happy ending:
Spoiler
Yes? It leaves you hanging a bit but it’s not the tragic ending I feared.Spoiler
The male lodge is the only person in the book who dies. No LGBTQ+ deaths.Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, Biphobia, Grief, Confinement, Abortion, War, Vomit, Outing, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gore, and Blood
Spoiler
There’s talk of a stillbirth. There are pretty graphic descriptions of a medication abortion at home. There is a murder with some grisly description of a head wound. Tons of blood related to both the abortion and the murder. There are several sex scenes between two cis women. It’s indicated that marital rape occurs.quantumponies's review
3.5
Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia
joelle99's review
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Abortion and Murder
gravys's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, Abortion, War, Pregnancy, and Infertility
bootsmom3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Sexism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Outing, Grief, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Murder
Moderate: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Misogyny
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
pidgepodge's review
- 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
4.5
Spoiler
LilianGraphic: Sexual content, Death, Blood, and Abortion
Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts
natanidae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Infidelity, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage