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bedtimesnack'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
4.75
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
waybeyondblue's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
chandler_lane's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Taking the form a an ogbanje narrator in the body of a girl named Ada the story starts off explaining how Ada is not really of herself but belongs to a god named Ala.
The ogbanje living inside of her could represent dissociative identity disorder from past traumas. We see the "birth" of her three ogbanje in the book called We, but only later learn of how they appeared from her traumas.
As we read more of the story we see the birth of Asughara, the "beastself" that protects Ada from the pain of her sexual assaults and sexual encounters.
We see Ada struggle with cutting, depression, body dysmorphia and more as she struggles to reconcile the multiple selves that exist inside her and her place in this realm.
Pulling from Ogbo spirituality the story does represent the other selves as true ogbanje and not as a representation or imaginative creation of Ada's
The story ends with Ada reconciling the importance of all the parts of her brain that live inside her, finally in control, and setting her place in the world.
Beautifully written and incredibly tense! I was surprised at how much chaos and strife was packed into such a short book from the get-go. It was also a really touching view of how these fractured selves protect people who have been through trauma and while maybe not healthy, that they do serve a purpose
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
henriettaenam's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment
undersea'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
3.5
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
zitalilla's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
kmgard'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
unboxedjack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
kanadrallegria'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Car accident, and Sexual harassment
zoracious'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: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Religious bigotry