thewoodlandbookshelf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Homophobia, Racism, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Violence
Minor: Racial slurs
errie's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Confinement, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide
leahb88's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Rape, Pedophilia, War, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming
harrydaylight's review against another edition
3.75
As a Kosovo albanian, this book is so fucking difficult to read. I really don’t know what I was expecting when I first started it, but not that.
It’s so incredibly depressing. And the main character is so unbelievably cruel, like I legit don’t have any words for him.
What a dark, dark novel with such a haunting ending.
But it’s written so well, and it was hard to put the book down, even if it upset me at times. There’s something so tangible about the way this story is written, like I could reach out and touch it and know exactly what streets are being described, the people, the feelings, the depression and the awfulness of the war here, the aftermath.
I wish it wasn’t this fucking sad though, but it’s a very realistic book and I can’t take that away from it.
I don’t think I’ll ever reread this, but I’m glad to have read it. I know it’ll stay with me for a long time.
Definitely go through the TWs for this one, it’s so heavy at times.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Violence, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Gore, Abandonment, Homophobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
Minor: Animal death and Vomit
michelsalamouni's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: War and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, and Fatphobia
literamie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Abandonment, Ableism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
_juriireads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Violence, and War
Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Excrement