polyglotperla's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Ableism, Child abuse, and Vomit
Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Murder
gothmiku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Miscarriage, Abortion, Child abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Body horror, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Animal death, and Cancer
weaverca's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Spoiler
Like I thought the skull-crushing car accident at the beginning would be important to the story later, but then it was just... not mentioned again until one short sentence at the end?Spoiler
Verity using the "autobiography" as a writing exercise feels like the contemporary equivalent of when we used to write "Then I woke up and realized it was all a dream" to end the stories we wrote when we were children.Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Infidelity
Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Kidnapping and Gaslighting
ravenclaw_percabeth's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Misogyny, Ableism, and Car accident
Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Blood, and Domestic abuse
redefiningrachel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Car accident, Medical content, Confinement, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Murder, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
elizabethreadsalot's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Grief, Murder, Medical content, and Infidelity
rachelal's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Child death, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault
wordinessa'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? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Child death, Gaslighting, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, and Abortion
cadeely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Child death
thisbookrox's review
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault