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booksoversecondbreakfast'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicide attempt
heresyourletter'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
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Blood
One character’s job is supplying women with poison to kill the men in their lives. Beetles are killed to make a poison. One minor character is an alcoholic. Infidelity is a prominent theme. An upperclass character uses her privilege to bully another character into doing her bidding. One character believes in ghosts and mentions feeling haunted by a character who died before the novel begins. Two different characters discuss trying (and failing) to have a baby.nadine34b10's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Moderate: Death and Miscarriage
Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, and Death of parent
brennacathleen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, and Blood
junglejelly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Someone of the writing near the end was a bit clumsy and the characters stereotypical. But Penner knows exactly how to write mysteriously and have you hooked, I needed to know what happened to the two 18th century characters, and this alone is what kept me reading.
Overall a below average book for me hence the rating.
Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent
huntress's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
mariamj'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: Child death, Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Infertility, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol
ambb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
juliaximena'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: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol
laurataylor'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Abortion