notdylan'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts
ellieisreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Mental illness
the_book_nook'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
2.0
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Sexual content
akvolcano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Misogyny, Addiction, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Abandonment, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Dysphoria, and Xenophobia
mawn323's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicide, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Murder, and Medical content
lcyarnall1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Addiction
Terrorist attack/bombing contentfranzis's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Animal death, and Child abuse
Minor: Pedophilia
thecourtofreading's review
- 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
i liked the premise of this book, but the blurb made it seem more interesting than it actually was. it made it seem like Theo stole the painting, and then got pulled into an underworld where he then stole more paintings and ran from the cops. what this really was about was a traumatised boy, who never really found anyone who fully cared from him, did drugs, did alcohol, who clung to a painting that he associated with his recently deceased mother. Theo was exhausting to read about after a while, which is why it took me so long to finish because it was just his internal monologue and his thoughts. the paragraphs were so CHUNKY at times as well it kind of gave me a headache to read. it could've done with a lot being cut out and chopped down, but this is not me saying Donna Tartt is a bad author. she is phenomenal and continues to be phenomenal. i think i much preferred the secret history more, and that will always be my favourite.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Gun violence
Moderate: Blood and Murder
content warning for terrorist attack.sadaf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The date was torturous, however: a never-ending debate, including a point at which she insisted that English girls were too soft, Russian women understood that catcalls were simply compliments. She told me about various horrible tales of her family, what they suffered and how they were happier for it, unlike the traumatized youth of today. It was an unpleasant ordeal that went on for two hours. At the end of it she smiled and hugged me excitedly, saying it was the most fun she’d had talking to someone in ages, that we must do it again. Thankfully, we didn’t. I remain flummoxed, though Boris was something like a cipher.
Near the end, I feel the writing got muddled and began executing my least favorite method of “generating Meaningfulness”, which was lists, lists, lists. Enough. I get it. Life is a confusing torrent of unconnected moments… or something. I preferred her crystal clear observations with a deftly placed low-frequency lexical item.
Graphic: Drug abuse and Murder
noahh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Drug use
Moderate: Murder and Child abuse
Minor: Death of parent