skyggsja's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I thought the story was very exciting and when i put down the book i wanted to immediately take it up again. it was my first book by the author and i liked the way the story is told from several points of view. three of them the main ones and every now and again there more pov‘s from characters we already knew. The throwbacks made it all even deeper. The first big blow of the story comes pretty early on and reading about the one main character trying to live with it is a big part of their story line. some things in the story were predictable and some weren‘t. the way the whole story is built makes it so interesting to read it.
what i liked the most was that all of the people were just so very relatable. even the people that aren‘t similar to me as a person, one reads what Liane Moriarty writes about their thoughts, feelings, impressions, etc etc and one can imagine it so well. it was almost like I knew the people in real life.
one thing I always stumbled over was what i marked as fatphobia in the TW‘s. one character used to be fat and became slim and beautiful and the whole thing set one of the characters‘ storyline into motion. The way the ex-obesity of that one character was sometimes talked about was pretty harsh. the whole thing is more complex, though, and it‘s difficult to explain.
what i liked the most was that all of the people were just so very relatable. even the people that aren‘t similar to me as a person, one reads what Liane Moriarty writes about their thoughts, feelings, impressions, etc etc and one can imagine it so well. it was almost like I knew the people in real life.
one thing I always stumbled over was what i marked as fatphobia in the TW‘s. one character used to be fat and became slim and beautiful and the whole thing set one of the characters‘ storyline into motion. The way the ex-obesity of that one character was sometimes talked about was pretty harsh. the whole thing is more complex, though, and it‘s difficult to explain.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Vomit, and Death
singalana's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt
izwit's review
challenging
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Grief, Fatphobia, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
rachelelouise's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, and Vomit
Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Misogyny, Medical content, Hate crime, and Fatphobia
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