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motherofladybirds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, and Terminal illness
schorlett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit
Minor: Self harm
hollyr1999's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Suicide
hylian_narwhal'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
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
jhbandcats's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Miss Benson’s Beetle has cute and quirky characters - fairly annoying but basically lovable - who really enliven the story. I had a hard time with The Unlikely Pilgrimage because I found the characters either dull or flat, and the story uninteresting. While there’s a sequel that deals with Queenie, it would have been nice to learn more about her here. As it is, I was left feeling I didn’t know her at all.
And the secrets revealed at the end weren’t interesting or compelling enough to have been worth the wait. I had to keep pushing myself to read this - it wasn’t a book I couldn’t wait to read after I’d set it down, and I didn’t spend my time away from the book thinking about the characters and their lives.
I’m disappointed to have been disappointed. And I won’t bother reading the sequel about Queenie. Maybe someone can just tell me what happens.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
dani_2006's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief
flowerowl's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Dementia, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent
hollygon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Addiction and Grief
Minor: Suicide
ruthmoog's review against another edition
3.5
There's a twist, and I felt good for Harold at the end of the journey, although the end of the story is predictable and a little underwhelming. The neighbour, Rex, was my favourite character.
Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction
Detailed descriptions of food. Normalisation of pesticides.