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heather_freshparchment'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
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, and Classism
Minor: Sexual content and Excrement
allydee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Pregnancy, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent
_kelpie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Deeply immersive and bittersweet; a tale of sisterhood and love shaped by a time period rarely explored. It's driven by it's deeply human and flawed characters, and the bonds between them that tangle, fray and endure.
I couldn't put this down and have been a fan of the author ever since.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Terminal illness
Detailed description of practices common at the time such as footbinding and general misogyny.phantomgecko'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? Yes
4.0
Kind of reminded me of Atonement by Ian McEwan. Y'know, protagonist makes a mistake to the detriment of a loved one that haunts them the rest of their life. This affected me more emotionally, but that's due to any number of circumstances.
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
strawbibble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Classism
thejediwitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
stwriter92's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War
Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit