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jeneenthepharm'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
3.75
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Cursing
burchama's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment
zalouis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
cassie7e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.5
A lot of this book is telling instead of showing. That can work for stories about plot or history but this book aims to be about experiences and feelings. For a book centered on scents, I didn't get clear sense of any of them. It talks about so many and with vague language. I'd been hoping for concrete, visceral, emotional scent descriptions, but the narratives just throws scent after scent at the reader and tells us it feels important. And the character's super ability to not only smell well but glean information about people's thoughts and feelings or actions through it felt unbelieveable much of the time. I wish it had been explained as an intuition paired with a strong nose instead of actually reading people through their smell.
Stemming from this same issue with telling, the prose overrelies on ominous-reflection in place of actual foreshadowing. I actually did enjoy the arc of the story, which is the main reason I kept reading, and just balances out the issues I have with the style to be an "okay" book.
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
myworldtoread'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
agador_spartacus'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
larissakoch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
mdavis26's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
caittothelin's review against another edition
- 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: Animal death, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Death
em_daydreaming'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: Domestic abuse and Death of parent
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Animal death