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sierrabowers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol
aaround132's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
katiecharlesworth'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Outing, and Alcohol
booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol
mallory10100's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Dementia, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and War
can’t wait for the movie to come out!!itsmemiana'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
5.0
even tho the characters are very explicitly flawd, specially Marion and Tom (in my opinion), I still really enjoyed this.
I also absolutely love the way it's written. the writing is so beautiful.
this is set in Brighton, UK in the 50's and I loved the descriptions of this place. it made me really wanna visit it someday.
after reading this I'm even more excited to see the movie and to see Tom being played by Harry Styles.
Btw, since this is an LGBTQ+ story set in the 50's in the UK when it was illegal to be apart of the community, pls note that there is a lot of homophobia and other things that might trigger some people, so look up trigger warnings before reading.
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Outing
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Alcohol
euphemia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Homophobia and Outing
Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide
zoe_archambault's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Outing
Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit
sib_reads'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
1.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Outing, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol
reader_in_the_meadow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
The plot on it's own had a great premise, but didn't deliver in my opinion. By making the whole story just really revolve around only these three human beings it got boring at one point. But I have to say that I would be pleased if this novel would be rewritten by the author so that these flaws could be fixed.
The characters were not my kind of dish. People who know me know that I really need well worked out characters in books. That means that they have to be diverse, have depth and not behave the same way all the time, unlike the characters in this book. I'm not saying they were bad, I'm just saying, that I personally didn't like them.
Also, I really really disliked the reapresentation of gay/achillean men in this book. The character of Patrick was in my opinion build wholly on the prejudice that gay men are sex driven and can only think about that. And that is not a good way of representing our minority.
The writing was okay. It wasn't all bad and it could buold a really beautiful atmosphere at some points by describing not too detailed but just detailed enough. But then there were moments, when that atmosphere was just suddenly tore to shreds.
Again, people who know me, know that I don't like first person POV very much, and it definitely didn't help about my opinion on this book.
So, was there anything that I liked? Not really. And I don't want you, dear reader of my review, to just read my review, because there are people out there who like this book. And maybe you are one of them.
So, yeah, I didn't like this book, but just like with all books, that is just one opinion.
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Alcohol