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laura9955's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, and Abortion
machenn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Rape and Abortion
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, and Homophobia
quickermorequickly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
ssreadsintranslation's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Suicide and Toxic relationship
Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Abortion, and Outing
annieinthearchives's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, and Abortion
Minor: Bullying and Vomit
noaregine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy
kateemily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage and Rape
Moderate: Violence
sherbertwells's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
“Despite my years of struggling both for and with this country, I have not managed to replace it, to drive it out of me like an evil spirit that beset me. No ritual purification, no repression mechanism has yet been of any assistance. Because everywhere I went, travelling further and further from my country, I was searching for the squandered, scattered, wasted, unused love I’d left behind” (10)
“For Daria and me, the Soviet Union meant: constant funeral marches and processions as aged gentlemen of the Communist Party were carried to their graves; carnations everywhere, macabre spectacles broadcast on all the television channels. For us, the Soviet Union meant: endless summer camps, Pioneer neckerchiefs. Tea plantations, apiaries, and kolkoɀes. White knee-socks from China, tapestries of hunting scenes on the walls, Mishka Na Severe chocolates, and Lagidze’s tarragon lemonade. Our grandfather’s GAZ-13, the brightly coloured blocks of Plasticine with the frog on them, yellow Krya-Krya children’s shampoo, Grandfather’s Start shaving cream, the talcum powder in the bathroom cabinet with the cat’s head on the pot, which we weren’t allowed to use. Hygiene body lotion and Stasia’s Red Moscow perfume, which smelled of old people and was enough to give you a headache. The odorless brown bath-soap that was actually called ‘Bath Soap’” (631)
“Live through all wars. Cross all borders. To you I dedicate all gods and all rosaries, all burnings, all decapitated hopes, all stories. Break through them. Because you have the means to do it, Brilka. The eight—remember it. All of us will always be interwoven in this number and will always be able to listen to each other, down through the centuries” (6)
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Abortion
Minor: Fatphobia, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism
greerawriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, and Abortion
Moderate: Grief
briartherose's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, and Torture
Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Grief