recycled_personalities's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Ok sooo it’s a wonderfully written book and the author is definitely talented. However, the story itself didn’t end up being my cup of tea. Rooting for the main character was super easy but her ending was not the one I was hoping for.
Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness
Spoiler
Basically Jane gets in a relationship, and engaged to be wed, with a man that’s 20+ years older than her when she is 18, leaves him for like 10 months after having found out that he had another wife literally locked in his attic, and then at the end of the book she comes back to him when she’s 19. And the ending portrays it as a happily ever after. Yeah, not my vibe.kakapotoo's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Honestly my first attempt at listening to an audio book and the voice reading was pretty good but the book itself is awful and boring the audio couldn't make up for it
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Child death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
rorythebean's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
hey.
I hated this book.
- the age gap.
- she doesn't really have any personality.
- his personality is "oops I locked my ex-wife in the attic haha"
- it was just really f*cking boring.
for me this was the epitome of "it is so bad, I want to give you a zero. but that's not possible, so I give you...a one."
I hated this book.
- the age gap.
- she doesn't really have any personality.
- his personality is "oops I locked my ex-wife in the attic haha"
- it was just really f*cking boring.
for me this was the epitome of "it is so bad, I want to give you a zero. but that's not possible, so I give you...a one."
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Mental illness
Minor: Death of parent
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