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amris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
jayisreading's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
katewhite77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I have previously adored Still Life and When God Was A Rabbit and enjoyed A Year Of Marvellous Ways. Everyone one said what a masterpiece this was, so I decided to stop saving this for a rainy day and get on and read it.
You know what, those people weren't wrong. However, if you do read this, and I very much recommend that you do, you are going to need tissues throughout because it is the definition of heartbreakingly beautiful.
The story opens with a pregnant woman telling an abusive husband where he and she stand after coming home from winning a painting in a raffle.
We then flash forward thirty years, and Ellis starts to tell his own story, including meeting Michael, whose perspective we hear from later in the novel.
We follow them down the yellow brick road of life through the A.I.D.S. crisis to a point of self-acceptance. However, these two men both have very big hearts.
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Car accident
foxglovefairy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
berrytart'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
3.75
The relationships are well written, I feel like I could actually connect with the feelings of the characters!
Okay this is more of a pet peeve, nothing against the story, but I couldn’t stand the sentences having no quotation marks! It really isn’t that big of a deal and it was probably just a design choice but still!
(I am so sleepy when making this review, my bad for any mistakes lol)
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Car accident
Minor: Abandonment
shelfofunread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use and Alcohol
madread8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Grief
james1star's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Terminal illness
Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent
bguyre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse
naddl0r'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Excrement, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail