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artemy_se's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
mcrespo's review against another edition
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism
_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting
Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy
ericaw212's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Lesbophobia
nabila99's review
- 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
4.5
this book is absolutely heart-wrenching, so much so that i had to start reading another book in the middle of it, even though i was really enjoying it, because it is so heavy....i've read novels with much darker and sadder subject material, but the way de Beauvoir writes about pain, loss of identity, desperation, resentment, hope, and despair is so visceral i cried multiple times, especially in the last eponymous short story. she captures women's suffering like no other.
i only took off a half star because the writing style in the second short story, the monologue, is so difficult to follow (even though it's genius and i admire the technique and contrast in narrative voices), and some of the side characters could have been more fleshed out.
cannot wait to read more of de Beauvoir's work!
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Abortion, and Lesbophobia