janabananaaaa's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Love Lux and everything she does, rest was too slow for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide
ice_pack_hands's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
shwetamadhuz's review against another edition
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
The good: beautiful writing style that wonderfully captured the shallow male gaze and the irony of a girlhood where the sisters were seen but never understood
The bad: weirdly paced with lengthy slow descriptive chapters and then quick fast paced but important chapters; I get what its brings to the narrative but found myself getting bored in the middle
The bad: weirdly paced with lengthy slow descriptive chapters and then quick fast paced but important chapters; I get what its brings to the narrative but found myself getting bored in the middle
evienuttall's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
annikajansen's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
sarakempp's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
catiealb's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nervousyoungman's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“It didn't matter in the end how old they had been, or that they were girls, but only that we had loved them, and that they hadn't heard us calling, still do not hear us, up here in the tree house, with our thinning hair and soft bellies, calling them out of those rooms where they went to be alone for all time, alone in suicide, which is deeper than death, and where we will never find the pieces to put them back together.”
rileyf07's review
3.0
3/5 stars
ok… lets talk. im assuming a huge aspect of this book was to make you uncomfortable with the guys infatuation with the girls, going into vivid details, however, it was too much. maybe this makes me seem weak, and this is the one time you wont talk me out of feeling that way.
now the good points (and sort of lack thereof). this book in general has an interesting premise, the characters, storyline etc all interested me, so thats always important (duh). but one more bad thing, the writing style. i get it (i think) like its fine, not normal, reflection of the author yah yah yah. but its annoying, and a pain to read. or maybe i should just stay to romance?
ok… lets talk. im assuming a huge aspect of this book was to make you uncomfortable with the guys infatuation with the girls, going into vivid details, however, it was too much. maybe this makes me seem weak, and this is the one time you wont talk me out of feeling that way.
now the good points (and sort of lack thereof). this book in general has an interesting premise, the characters, storyline etc all interested me, so thats always important (duh). but one more bad thing, the writing style. i get it (i think) like its fine, not normal, reflection of the author yah yah yah. but its annoying, and a pain to read. or maybe i should just stay to romance?