aristarcodisamo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Addiction, War, and Alcoholism
seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Suicide, Infidelity, Classism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Grief, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy
aristarcodisamo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Misogyny, and Animal death
Minor: Emotional abuse and Classism
knenigans's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
I wish I had read this novel when I was 15, I think that would've been the perfect age for me to fully appreciate it.
Graphic: Abandonment, Infidelity, Suicide, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, Drug use, Grief, Classism, Death, Antisemitism, Child death, and Addiction
reginahafner_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Medical content, War, and Toxic relationship
molly_greenshields's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I will readily admit, however, that I did skim over Levin's musings on scythes and agriculture...
Graphic: Suicide, Infidelity, and Death
Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse
saroreen'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction and Violence
sarasreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It's strange, because while I never felt much emotion while reading this, I was rarely, if ever, bored. It held my interest through the entire thing. That's saying something for a book this long with a relatively simple plot and almost no forward momentum. It was also very easy to understand, aside from several characters going by multiple names.
I think if you like classics and aren't intimidated by how thick this is, give it a go.
Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity
Moderate: Classism
yolanda_h's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death and Pregnancy
edwardian_girl_next_door'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Medical content