The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
effievee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Minor: Xenophobia, Abortion, Racism, Miscarriage, War, Infertility, and Mental illness
cleotheo'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
3.75
I didn't expect the way it did this -it gives different perspectives but it doesn't try to be objective- and that it discusses motherhood beyond that decision.
Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Infertility, Grief, Deportation, Death, Infidelity, and Genocide
Minor: War, Rape, Miscarriage, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
nelthilta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Grief, Infertility, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Minor: Miscarriage, War, and Medical content
hmatt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I get that this is "technically" fiction, but to call it a novel would be misleading. It's a thinly-veiled (bad) memoir with a bit of spice thrown in. It sort-of masquerades as a thought experiment, except the experiment is stupid and no real insights come out of it. Probably half the book involves the narrator flipping coins and taking the "yes/no" result as divine wisdom.
I will reiterate: I really wanted to like this. I'm someone who does not want children and is extremely interested in what other people who don't want children have to say. But this work just doesn't say anything to me. The narrator's observations felt whiney, recycled, and cliche. Such a disappointment.Â
The chapter that I was actually the most captivated by was the one discussing mental health... so there you go. I'm not sure that one section was enough to convince me to give Heti another try, though.
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Mental illness
Minor: Toxic relationship
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