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annablanna's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Racism, and War
mmikenaite'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
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Blood
mayaspasta'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
4.0
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
rooney_shay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
It was deeply saddening and really hurt my heart. I began to empathize with the main character and only wanted to see her happy.
<small spoiler>The only reason I’m not giving this a 5/5 is because of the ambiguous ending. I’m not a huge a fan of unresolved conflict, so just a small warning to those of you like me.
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, and Classism
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
skyealexandra's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Body shaming