megclaire's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
isabelmary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide
marageorge'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
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness
Moderate: Classism and War
salomee_felix_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness
allapaz's review against another edition
4.75
everyone is so petty, lovelorn, funny, and interesting. the flashes of crazy dark thoughts and the septimus storyline gave such a valuable weight to the time and place of this novel. truly transportive.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Misogyny
notlikeotheergirls_iread'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
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
oceanwriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Some classics are wasted on people… this one was wasted on me. I wanted to like it so much given the time it was written and the portrayals of PTSD and mental health disorders. By the time I got to this point, I was painfully bored and cared nothing about the characters. Personally, it was not a good time to read it, either.
Whether it’s a matter of the wrong place, the wrong time, or the book itself, it wasn’t for me. I know I'm in the minority here but even lively discussion couldn't draw me in. It only made me ask if I was really listening to the same book as everyone else.
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
gritsgritsgrits'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Gaslighting and War
Minor: Sexual harassment
toffishay'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Classism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Cursing, Grief, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
grereads'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
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Colonisation, War, and Forced institutionalization