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rokinjaguar's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It’s hard for me to rate this book. I really enjoyed the writing style and willingness to go to the darkest places, but I also felt disappointed. I related with the narrator sometimes and sympathized with her, but I also had a strong enough distaste for her and her choices/mindset that I didn’t really feel much for the characters. She wasn’t compelling because, even though I understand she isn’t well mentally and isn’t being supported well by her family, she also isn’t trying at all to improve things. And yet she thinks she’s better than everyone else. There’s an apathetic condescension to her that made it difficult for me to care about her at all, but I did find so much that was interesting. I wonder if I was supposed to leave the book having less sympathy for the narrator than I started with. If she wasn’t so condescending, if she honestly tried to improve but failed, this would have been so compelling. Oh well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Vomit, and Animal cruelty
hannahduda's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny
ameliasbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Mental illness
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