iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
elienore'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness
Minor: Medical content and Physical abuse
cloroxcrew'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Infertility, Death, Suicide attempt, and Confinement
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Confinement, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cancer, and Suicide
noshinbean'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
nialiversuch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Cancer
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Dementia, Body horror, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
deetabz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Excrement, Confinement, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Infertility, Body shaming, and Cancer
Minor: Sexual content, War, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Drug abuse
honeyvoiced's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Cancer
axel_p's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
If you enjoyed Piranesi, I would recommend this book.
Graphic: Suicide, Confinement, and Infertility
Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
magicshop'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? It's complicated
4.0
And gradually, I began to feel sorry for those women determined to carry on living, pretending they were active and making decisions in the prison where they were locked up for ever, from which death was the only release – but would they remove the bodies?
spoilers and full review below.
you slowly find out more about this narrator as the story goes on. what you do know right away is that she lives in a bunker with about 20 (or 40, i can’t recall) other women and that they are trapped in that bunker, which is constantly watched by several guards, all day and all night. they have been living in that nightmarish prison for most of the narrator’s young life.
Graphic: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol