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lcameron123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault
crizzle's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Incest, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
amiegold's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, and Sexual assault
eliel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
For me this was the perfect book to read right now. It tied together so many things I have heard and read lately. Definitely a book I can get back to eventually.
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Torture
ollie_again'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
4.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Minor: Incest, Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
znvisser's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Furthermore, I ran into quite a few of my pet peeves, which didn’t contribute to my reading experience. The author, through his instrument of the storyteller, exudes an air of arrogance: women are described through a male gaze (even when Lucie meets herself), Nigeria and the US through a European gaze, and religion through an atheist gaze. There was no reason to not explore this more humbly. And on a less serious note: I just don’t enjoy writers writing about writing. It only works for me in very few instances, and this was definitely not one of those. It was made worse by the writer in this book having written a book called ‘the anomaly’ too, which kept popping up so often it became quite central to the story, even quoting from its imaginary pages as if it were the most brilliant thing ever written. Was this supposed to be clever, or funny? Similarly, was it supposed to be clever or funny to make a caricature out of a president that has hurt so many lives?
For me this story would have improved immensely by just sticking to the relational aspect through a limited number of characters. Now it was just an ok read.
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy
lesenilpferd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Torture
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
vbigv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
4.0
A nice quick science-fiction piece that will make you think all the while entertaining you. Worth the read.
Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, and Pedophilia
sweeetpeasoup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Pregnancy