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serendipity421's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
greatexpectations77'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Violence, and Grief
rionstorm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism
daniellekat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Death of parent
sex workrexpostfacto's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, and Xenophobia
rileydobereading's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Grief
leannanecdote's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
sakisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This book has a bit of a slow start so I wasn’t sure how much I’d get into it… But I’m glad I persevered!
Based around Ara (a mute woman who works at a hair salon), Kyuri (a room salon worker), Miho (an artist whose move back to Seoul is fraught with relationship complications), Sijun (Ara’s protective best friend) and Wonna (the woman who lives in the apartment above the girls), this book had the resonance of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’. We explored beauty, family, feminism, and so much more!
I gave it 3.5 stars because it was, as mentioned above, a bit of a slow burner but once you got into it you couldn’t stop 👏🏼
Some of my favourite moments included are below 👀
I am also a huge fan of Korean food so all of their descriptors of kalgukksu, KFC etc. made me hungry 😅
Content warnings included below!
Thank you ✨
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
parton4proletariat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
my biggest critique of multi-perspective books is that it tends to make it difficult to connect with the characters. I did not have that issue with this book. I found myself caring about all of them.
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism
vixenreader's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Abortion, and Abandonment
If surgery makes you queasy, be prepared for some stomach-turning scenes, and whorephobia is something to watch out for as well.