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lanuhhhh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
candournat's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, and Vomit
biblioghoul's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma
rcsreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
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At a mere 211 pages this somehow managed to feel like the longest book ever written. It was so incredibly repetitive and I was sick to death of hearing how rich daddy was! The characters despite being based on real people were incredibly one dimensional and impossible to care about. By the end I was skimming just to get it over with, if it had been any longer it would have been a DNF.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism
annecharlotte_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment
emilyacres'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment
chaoticmissadventures's review
- 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? Yes
4.5
The writing is stark but moving, I was mesmerized by one liners throughout -
"Maman and my sister loved each other like wild things, they would have killed each other in order to prove it."
"She smoked like a chimney, and the expression suited her, I thought, because she was also our hearth."
"We had to do the impossible, but my sister and I were capable of that; nothing was impossible where Maman was concerned, except for saving her."
The characters are richly and vividly drawn, and you can feel the manic and depressiveness the mother goes through.
The story is laid out in three parts, first from the youngest daughters POV, then an overlook of the mothers life, and back to the youngest daughter to wrap up, and it was perfect way to look at the lives. I especially liked how I had a completely different view of the father from section one then in section two.
Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide
stephaniejaykay's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death