Reviews

The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara

evahoulton's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

dr_dick's review against another edition

1.0

dreadful writing. this should have made my heart glad; i lived this era. but the writing just killed it for me. sad.

lovemk's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, and Terminal illness

arishatto's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

I really enjoyed what this book was about and would love to read more transgender literature. This was a heartbreaking novel with multiple occurrences of sexual assault. I really liked the characters, and some I was more attached to than others. There were a couple things that happened that threw me off towards the end, and even though the ending was really sad I didn’t like how rushed it felt.

mdelao630's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

greenan26's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Vomit, and Dementia

rosereads_books's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

gabe_escobedo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

aleenabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

didis_diaries's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide