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motleybooksandtea's review
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
uberklutz's review
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol
aidrielle's review
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
as far as short story collections go, this is one of the better ones i've read. but maybe i'm biased because i just love stories about girlhood and womanhood! i especially liked "Only the Good," "Elegy," "Middlemen," and "The Lunatic Report." "Only the Good" is probably my favorite though, and i don't even really know why. it was the first story and it had me by the throat from the very first line. i love maria adelmann's prose!
i will say though that this book weirdly had a lot of stories involving the US military which i have... complicated feelings about so it was a bit uncomfortable to read. maybe it's my fault for not looking at the synopsis too closely.
i will say though that this book weirdly had a lot of stories involving the US military which i have... complicated feelings about so it was a bit uncomfortable to read. maybe it's my fault for not looking at the synopsis too closely.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
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