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kvokolek's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Car accident and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape
jg34'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? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
isobelk_18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Car accident
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, and Death of parent
atamano'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
2.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
jazzy_t's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This books was sad, happy, funny and real. I really enjoyed reading it, I felt like I was looking into someone's real life. I really connected to the characters, who were written so well, and I felt as if they were real people not fictional.
The ending maybe was a little disappointing but that's me just asking for more because I didn't want to leave these characters.
I would recommend!
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident
monalyisha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It’s also about a young man on the autism spectrum, and the village (small town) that cares for and alongside him. This novel is about the big feelings felt while living through the small pleasures and hardships of a mundane life.
Sometimes, I really enjoyed it (like when Jane’s daughter finally “got” cartwheels, or when one of her second-graders complained of a “disappearing bathroom”). Sometimes, Jane wanted “to get drunk enough to ask [her friend] if it was true if she hadn’t ever had sex with anyone, not even a drunk migrant worker.” Only one time did a woman “go home with” another woman, and it was assumed that the experience would be a “sexual awakening,” which was very othering. Personally, I was also peeved that the sexually “unawakened” character was a librarian; it just plays into (one of the) dominant stereotype(s) of librarians (that we’re prudes). What I’m saying is, despite its charms, this book felt very white, cisnormative, and heteronormative…and not very socially conscious or aware.
Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent
livlosiewicz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Cons:
Graphic: Pregnancy
Minor: Car accident
rachele'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
3.0
Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
laurenmcnamara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Ableism and Car accident