talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Xenophobia, Gore, Eating disorder, Racism, and Body horror
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, and Cannibalism
Minor: Homophobia, War, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty
maregred'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
2.25
Graphic: Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Racism
Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Abandonment, and Confinement
Minor: Stalking and War
dedusmuln's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Racism and Stalking
traa'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
sofipitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Eating disorder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Racism
belovedsnail'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder
aisabel's review
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, and Incest
kys831's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Eating disorder
emireads8's review
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Eating disorder and Racism
ceallaighsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“‘…Please to tell a story about a girl who gets away.’
‘Gets away from what, though?’
‘From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like happy and good will never find her.’
‘You don’t want her to be happy and good?’
‘I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.’”
“Still, I wondered if the salt and pepper were really necessary—they seemed too cruel when it would be easier to despatch her by blowing out her flame before it grew, or by holding a mirror up to her wrinkled face and saying, ‘I don’t believe in you.’ But then, maybe ‘I don’t believe in you’ is the cruellest way to kill a monster.”
“Miranda went down barefoot, like Eurydice. She walked with her fingers spread over her face, because no one must see.”
- everything else by Helen Oyeyemi
- THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, by Shirley Jackson
- TELL ME I’M WORTHLESS, by Alison Rumfitt
- BABEL, by RF Kuang
- the original “Snow White”
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND, by Lewis Carroll
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Graphic: Body horror and Eating disorder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt