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dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
This book was really hard to read, and not because of it’s content, but because I wanted so badly for Frances to get her happy ending. But that’s not the kind of story this is, and it never promised to be.
By all accounts, Frances’ story is a tragedy, and not necessarily of her own making. She’s a strong woman prone to making choices everyone warns her against, but their her choices to make. She did the best she could in her situations, even if the best was something truly horrific.
There can be some interesting speculation on whether Frances is a reliable narrator or not, considering the story is from her point of view, but I think a woman sentenced to death has nothing to lose. Why would she garnish the truth?
Anyway, as much as it hurt me, I did really enjoy the book. One of the only 5 star reads from 2021.
By all accounts, Frances’ story is a tragedy, and not necessarily of her own making. She’s a strong woman prone to making choices everyone warns her against, but their her choices to make. She did the best she could in her situations, even if the best was something truly horrific.
There can be some interesting speculation on whether Frances is a reliable narrator or not, considering the story is from her point of view, but I think a woman
Anyway, as much as it hurt me, I did really enjoy the book. One of the only 5 star reads from 2021.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
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