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gondorgirl's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
punkweed's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
my weird brain imagined Rolo as…. paul hollywood the whole time 😔
this book is about feeling so uncomfortable with yourself that you take it out on your mom but as you grow you realize your mom rules and you love her more than anything. beautifully written. kinda bleak!
this book is about feeling so uncomfortable with yourself that you take it out on your mom but as you grow you realize your mom rules and you love her more than anything. beautifully written. kinda bleak!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Self harm
sarahmcg's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- 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? Yes
3.0
I wanted to like this book more! The cover drew me in and I felt intrigued by the play on the Persephone/Demeter story.
I’ll start with what I liked:
I’ll start with what I liked:
- The author’s prose is gorgeous
- I did find myself invested in what was going to happen to the main character, though I did not necessarily find her likable (and I don’t think she is supposed to be)
- Dual POV of mother/daughter
My critiques:
- The chapters were WAY TOO DAMN LONG - omg like I hate stopping in the middle of a chapter but I had to do that several times with this book when I would try and read a chapter before bed and it was taking forever
- The ending… I didn’t like it! I don’t want to give any spoilers. But just… it felt like very poor character development
- I was just kind of bored and the story felt very repetitive at times
Overall, I think maybe readers that are more into lit-fic than I am might enjoy this more than me, so don’t write it off because of my review!
Thank you to Simon & Schuster for the free copy for review; thoughts are my own.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Alcohol