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isaacalaister'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book is acid, hard, bleak and hilarious at the same time.
It's all written in modern scots, so be aware of that. I recommend making your own glossary, you'll need it.
This book is also a trigger warning fest, it has almost all trigger warning possible except necrophilia or something like that.
It's not for the thin skinned, but if you can handle anything that an author throws at you from the perspective of a drug addict in the 90's.
It's super recommended, even if you have never seen the movie.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty
my_a's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
But I didn't get a lot of it. Seemed like a series of short stories rather than a novel. You get used to the dialect quickly but I found it difficult following who was narrating & who was being spoken about - so I'd know what was happening but not who it was between. Especially was confused by the switching people characters names and nicknames - but didnt want to google them and ruin any plot! Made it really hard to track characters and plot. Lots of moments seemed undeveloped and just left without follow up - particularly "The First Shag in Ages" chapter. Somes scenes and dialogue I found really disturbing and uncomfortable.
I think I need to watch the film and re-read it more intentionally.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Trafficking
porporina'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
sylvieee's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Ableism and Domestic abuse