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amberinpieces'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
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Vomit
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, and Classism
robinks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, and Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Abortion
jaynovara'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
3.5
Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Outing
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, and Lesbophobia
readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and War
ahskme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Racism
vaniavela's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content
devynhinds'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
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book of short stories chronicles the lives and friendship of Fiona and Jane, two Tawainese women who grew up together and are now trying to find themselves out in the world. They navigate their friendship, relationships, sexuality and family dynamics along the way.
I don't usually have a great relationship with books of short stories, but I liked this one. I think that the stories actually being related and tying into one another really helped. The first story, right off the bat, broke my heart, and I was both scared and excited to read the rest. The stories were all very engaging, but my favorite was "Cold Turkey," which occurs around the halfway mark. I also liked that the side characters who fleshed out the worlds of Fiona & Jane felt complete and real, for better and for worse.
The only reason why this didn't end up getting rated higher for me was - for it being a book about friendship, I didn't see a whole lot of....well, friendship. Fiona & Jane are supposed to be best friends, but in some stories, they don't interact at all or seldom mention each other. When they do. have scenes together, you can tell that there is love there, but it doesn't feel like they should even still be friends - the chemistry wasn't really there for me. However, overall, I did enjoy this read!
Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Vomit, and Murder
Minor: Dementia, Trafficking, and Abortion
sydneybedell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing
Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Minor: Abortion
krys_kilz'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
I also thought the story lines unpacking Jane and Fiona's relationships with their parents were really strong. Fiona as her mother's "own heart, walking outside her body" and Jane trying to save Julian in an attempt to save her father - the complexity and messiness were translated beautifully.
My favorite stories in the collection were: Cold Turkey, Clairvoyance, and the title story Fiona and Jane.
Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Alcohol