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baileyra's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
charlie678's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
caitlinritchie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.75
lanid's review
challenging
dark
reflective
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide
elliecatmorgan's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
3.25
d0m3c's review
4.0
ja vlastne ani nevim, o cem to bylo, ale the way she writes….i’ll eat it up every single time
katiejames's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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
brisingr's review against another edition
5.0
Winterson is my favourite when her stories and writing cut the deepest, when the story is at its rawest, when the worries of the narrative are those of the world's (both real and imagined). In awe at how the same themes can come crashing in so many of her works, and yet still feel new. So many things are connected, over and over again, over so many books, and yet it still feels important and urgent and needed.
Art & Lies is a question and a quest: How shall I live? - from Winterson's website. From her more biographic pieces, we can find out this book was written at a darker period in her life. You can tell, it seeps through: a need for art, but art as survival, lies as the truth behind what's considered real. As someone who's more lost than found, this rang so close to my own worries. Loved this. I am deeply biased at this point, but hey.
Art & Lies is a question and a quest: How shall I live? - from Winterson's website. From her more biographic pieces, we can find out this book was written at a darker period in her life. You can tell, it seeps through: a need for art, but art as survival, lies as the truth behind what's considered real. As someone who's more lost than found, this rang so close to my own worries. Loved this. I am deeply biased at this point, but hey.
steph_weigle's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism