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leah_alexandra's review against another edition
3.5
Parts of the book were well done but overall it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. We almost didn’t get enough time with any character to the degree it felt hard to connect, and when we did get time, everyone was just portrayed almost grotesquely. I found Susan’s story personally unbearable, and also thought it was unnecessary to use stand in titles instead of the women’s names when we learn their names quite quickly. The polar explorer stuff was interesting and well written but it felt like a different book to me.
Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Animal death, Body horror, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Addiction
enyltiak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Cursing, Infertility, Addiction, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Abortion, Sexism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content
Minor: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse
amaranth_wytch's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
phoebewerling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, and Abortion
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, and Animal death
vanessow's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death
202claire'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
3.5
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Cannibalism and Suicidal thoughts
stories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Infertility
Moderate: Confinement, Addiction, Animal death, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
polysemy'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Medical content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Infertility
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Cannibalism
caroline_norrish's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Abortion and Animal death
Minor: Domestic abuse
bunnyreads2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I think I liked the story and characters overall but I struggled to get enthralled by it. Maybe things IRL got too close to this “what if” scenario for me to be like “wow imagine though!!”… I’d put this book in my TBR a few years ago, and it felt weird to get to it now. But still a good work overall.
Graphic: Abortion, Death, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content