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josiee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Outing, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Slavery, Stalking, and Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent
figsofpeach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Torture, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Grief, and Outing
Minor: Pregnancy
lesbegays's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
i never would have read this if not for it being a book club pick, but i don’t regret it.
MAJOR content warning for societal homophobia of the sort you would expect from a puritan nation in the 1600s.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, Pregnancy, and Outing
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Slavery, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
moogblue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Classism
soupy_twist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Blood, and Vomit
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Slavery
charleyyyyy's review against another edition
The racism and homophobia realy bothered me. It made me so uncomfortable, if I'd have known that this book would have contained such strong racism and homophobia, that is never combated, I wouldn't have picked it up.
I get that this fits with the time period and that it would have been unrealistic for a black man and a gay man to exist in this time and not face prejudice, but when writing things like that, the narrative should fight against this so that the book doesn't end up pushing these ideas.
For a white author to use the N word is gross and completely unnecessary.
It's clear that the author only uses Johannes' queerness as a shocking plot twist, and something to add to the tragedy of the main charicters life.
Also the word "sodomite" is used to describe his sexuality???
Speaking of the main charicter, i didn't like her at all. She was just so selfish and annoying and bland that I just can't get myself to care about her.
So I gave up reading it bc these are things I just can't get past. I know I won't enjoy reading it, so I won't.
Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Misogyny and Blood
fbarros's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I was a bit disappointed with the final turn of events as well as the explanation of the main plot though. I also didn't feel very connected to the characters.
However the intigre and the background of the book made it worth my time.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Medical content, and Pregnancy
rayne31's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Stalking
rhi_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Outing
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Excrement, and Vomit
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, and Abortion