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curiosophie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
asoudman's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia
mikaalyssa's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I’ve seen blurbs and other reviews that have called this “laugh out loud funny”, “tender”, “sexy”, and “feel-good” and I feel like we didn’t read the same book?
Please read the content warnings first, do not go into this blind thinking it’s a book of sweet or heartwarming stories.
Incest and pedophilia are common themes. Maybe the moral responsibility is on the reader? Because I didn’t feel judgement reflected in the characters/narrators or author. If so, that did not make this book “quirky” for me.
It felt like I was playing a game of Cards Against Humanity, and Miranda July is that player who puts down the extra inappropriate card just to watch another player have to read it out loud.
Two stars because a lot of the writing is actually really beautiful, out of context.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia
laura_tofflemire's review against another edition
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
rebeccadiv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Pedophilia
Minor: Animal death
i_have_worms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Pedophilia
americattt'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Always running and always wanting to go back but always being further and further away until, finally, it was just a scene in a movie where a girl says hello into the cauldron of the world and you are just a woman watching the movie with her husband on the couch and his legs are across your lap and you have to go to the bathroom.”
favorite stories: this person + ten true things
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
Minor: Incest
scholarschism's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
cyb's review against another edition
1.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia
northernblonde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia