glorgona'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
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Classism, Infidelity, Vomit, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Blood
m4rtt4'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
3.0
Spoiler
since Emma was such an exceptional heroine, I expected her to do something brave like run away or get a divorce, but nah.. it fucking sucks that the only acceptable plotlines for historical heroines are all related to marriage — if it's a happy one, then they live happily ever after, and if it's an unhappy one (like Emma's), the woman must die.Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Death, Suicide, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism and Classism
vincef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Classism, Suicide, Sexism, Racial slurs, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Ableism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy
mollmccaff'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
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, and Vomit
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Classism, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Minor: Racial slurs, Eating disorder, and Death of parent
mala_and_the_spirits'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? Yes
3.5
Tbh, I listened to this audiobook because the novel was on my tbr and actually I have much more books I want to read/listen to currently so I really do not know why I even picked this up. But I liked it.
I feel like 2/3 of the book was just discribtion of the environment but I was kind of nice that way. To me personally, this also had a great message: Live your own life, no one will come and save you and be grateful for what you have. Feeling gratitude and accepting your current situation does not mean that you can not or will not change it. To myself, this was a important and dramatic reminder to live in presence and not (completly) in dreams. And it is funny because this was what I just needed right now.
And I hated the pharmacist!
If you want to listen to the German audiobook, the WDR 5 published a good and ad-free version on spotify.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content