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amanda_reads89's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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
honeymoonleo'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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
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
crystaldragonst'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
4.5
Warning: there is a pretty graphic description of footbinding early on in the book. I knew about footbinding but the book describes the process in detail and I honestly felt sick reading that part. I think it’s important because that is something that happened in real life and Lily’s character is shaped by this event pretty strongly. But just be aware.
Overall, I cried at the end of the book. It was sad, reflective, beautiful. A good reminder to examine your relationships and not take everything at face value.
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Blood
Moderate: Child death and Suicide
mtnest's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Excrement, Death of parent, War, 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
mergwenthur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i read the journey of lily through her childhood to her old age and viewed her relationship with snow flower and how both of them developed individually and as same-olds.
set in mid-1800s i read as lily and snow flower dealt with things such as footbindings, tragedies, love, death, marriage and children.
cultural and society traditions were adapted and the challenges lily and snow flower went through were eye opening.
it was a beautiful yet tragic story which leaves you with so many emotions
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Classism
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