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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
23 reviews
readingduckling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Minor: Grief
ylimets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
jully_bean's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
neonskylite'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
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Bullying, Dementia, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty
Incestuous themes: Charles is trying to marry his cousin, Constance, and they take on aspects of the Blackwood parents during their "courtship", or at least from Merricat's point of view. And Merricat and Constance are so thoroughly enmeshed with each other...lakea'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
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery and Stalking
_lily_'s review
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Dementia
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
rgs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Misogyny, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism
Minor: Child death
omair's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
And yet in such a short space, powerful themes of gender roles, sexual identity, family trauma, possibly abuse, and severe mental illnesses are liberally sprinkled in along with commentary on individuality, agoraphobia, societal norms, greed, maturity (and familial responsibility in raising a child), and so much more. So much of what happens is left with such vague motives that the answers feel simultaneously obvious and yet impossibly absent.
The deeper I found myself into the book,
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ohlwinem's review
4.25
It is strange with a dash of unhinged given the cast of character. For me the mix of audiobook with me reading along with a physical copy helped with the pacing and ultimately the 'unique' voice of the narrating main character.
I'd recommend this to those that like the genre I refer to as weird girlhood. (Though Merrikat is 18, her mental state is very much in the realm of someone years younger. )
Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
morenowagain's review against another edition
- 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: Confinement, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis