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emmonsannae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
itkit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Blood
sneako's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Trafficking
cursedepub's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The prose itself does kind of... "put on airs," as the novel is meant to remind a reader of the writing conventions of 19th century literature, to match the setting. In this vein the novel is very clever and very witty, and is very aware of how witty and clever it is. You get the sense that this nothing in this novel is there by accident, and that it's proud of itself for that. To me this was part of the charm, but others may be put off.
One thing to note is that there is a lot of anti-Asian racist violence in the novel, a lot of casual racism in general, and anti-Asian and anti-sex work slurs tossed around liberally. I guess this would be typical of the period and setting. The novel does not excuse the racism and misogyny, but it's very there.
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Trafficking
Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny