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kenrya'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
wordsmithreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Medical content and Religious bigotry
criticalgayze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I will say there’s a lot here to like. As individual pieces, a lot of this works; however, I thought this was lacking cohesion. While some of this may be impacted by eARC formatting issues, I didn’t think everything blended.
Trying my very best not to spoil, the back third also did not end up working for me. I was more disappointed than gagged.
Finally, for a novel by a poet about a poet writing a novel, I was not wowed by the language.
Overall, I did like this, and please check out the lovely reviews I mentioned earlier!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content