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willow1113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
nanc_282's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
3.0
It’s got some brilliant parts <spoiler alert> I particularly enjoyed the adventures of little Michael and the dead dead gang <spoiler alert> and some monstrous descriptions of assault and abuse. At then end of it, I felt I could have walked through the Boroughs and known all the inhabitants. The links with Bunyan and Snowy Vernon pacing through time as a pilgrim, and William Blake’s Jerusalem are cleverly done.
But it is really long and it employs some narrative devices less successfully, one chapter is in verse, another in the style of Finnegan’s Wake.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy
Minor: Slavery