Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

3 reviews

cheye13's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

A very interesting story from a meta-fiction point of view. I knew the "twist" ahead of time and I think that helped me in the reading experience:

in part three, Ezra Blazer implies that section two was a work of fiction written by Alice.

Even with that, I feel like I need a reread to fully comprehend the stories' relation to each other. 

That being said, I would have liked the stories to have just a bit more overlap, more elements in common. I'm also not sure what purpose part three serves aside from connecting the other two; its quite a long narrative conceit, if that's its only intention.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Dementia, Abortion, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Genocide, Racism, Alcohol, and Classism

fatfrog's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Antisemitism, Abortion, and War

Minor: Genocide and Kidnapping

bsonrisa's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content