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mgoodrick's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
meghanhelent's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
brownsugar25'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
4.5
There were many moments in the book that had flabber-ghasted about the treatement the entire societal views had about the Lisbon girls, moments where I thought they had reached for help multiple times with others, moments I was angered at the sheer fact that their parents didn't want to take the blame-especially Mrs. Lisbon for what went forth with her daugthers, moments I truely couldn't wrap my head around with Dr.Hornicker.
Because there are no words. The boys who watched them across grow up knew them so much better than their parents did, their curiosity is much bigger and beyond than the infatuation they shared with the girls. They truely wanted to find the fact on why they did, trying to understand the girls rather than what others blamed it up- their young age, their involvement with religious cults (cecilia's virgin Mary concept), their parent's ridiculous punishments, it was their deterioration of watching an entire family go within a year's worth of time.
And I think the neighborhood at the end also didn't really fair much either. It's truly melancholic to read, I had watched the movie years ago. But the book had much focus on the non-objectification of young teenage girls- told through the lens of teenage boys. There actually wasn't much sexualization here to be honest, the movie focused more on it (duh, commercialization). This book talks about a time where politics were in from a small town, the weather was changing, the communicim that was blooming, the recession that was just around the corner, & then the hippies.
Overall, a good read.
Most memorable scene from the book: When Mary camps out in the living room in a sleeping bag and her parents in the master bedroom right after she gets discharged from the hospital to come to an empty house. It reminded Mr Lisbon of when the family moved in about 11 years ago, and the moving vans hadn't come in yet so the house had been empty, and the family had to camp with a tent with the girls. Reading bed time stories under lanterns in the tents they set up. So when Mr. Lisbon woke up in the morning and spotted Mary sleeping in the tent, it took him back to a time pre-puberty of the girls when they were kids and he said "Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I'd forget everything had happened. I'd go down the hall and for a moment, we'd just moved in again. The girls were asleep in their tent in the living room." This scene BROKE me.
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
ellietodd08's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Self harm and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Misogyny, and Alcohol
coriblake'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
Minor: Addiction
cepbreed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
priyas's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Suicide, Stalking, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism
kalinamiski1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Stalking, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content
lordofdisorder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Racial slurs
karenaerts's review
- 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: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol