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geminisoul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual content
lwneihoff92'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
Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
jascahue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
izzy_v'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
jcqln112's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, and War
Minor: Pregnancy
bookwormatheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
kimkim343's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I'm not sure how to describe this book and the emotions..but I can say it's a book of survival. A mother and daughter going along with "dad's" next big thing and moving to the Alaska bush for a new start. Trigger warning there is DV in this book. There is also love and friendship, and hope against all odds.
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
sweetteaandfiction'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
For me, it was a very slow build to an ending that had me in tears cheering for the FMC and the love of her life.
PROS:
🧊The book did an amazing job of painting the beauty and harshness of the Alaskan wilderness in the 70’s.
🩵Large Marge is my all time favorite surrogate literary Auntie
🧊Found Family
🩵The Walkers
🧊The ending was *chef’s kiss*
CONS:
🩵The book does deal with DV. While this can be a heavy topic, I felt it was handled very well.
🧊Conspiracy theorist bs is so exhausting
🩵Old, close minded white men being the worst
🧊The whole building a fence thing made me irrationally angry
🩵I understand that I will never understand what it is like to have a parent or someone close to me with the sort of PTSD our FMC’s Dad has. However, I do think at times everyone was too quick to forgive his behavior because of the PTSD. The point where his behavior was too much came long before any intervention.
🪚🪚🪚 out of five ice fishing holes in the middle of a lake in the dead of winter for these Alaskan homesteaders
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Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Grief
averi'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
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Car accident, and Death of parent
jesophie'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy and War