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kdelong's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
booksthatburn's review against another edition
From the first page, THE FERRYMAN felt like mint chocolate cotton candy: a novel flavor combination which initially is a heady experience but eventually feels bland in its sameness. It’s startling at first, because it’s a flavor which does not normally belong in cotton candy and seems at first like a cool idea, but ultimately contributes little to the conversation of what makes a tasty dessert. I do not, generally speaking, want the book equivalent of cotton candy, but the writing is gripping and the world was interesting at first.
Ultimately I stopped reading when the bland misogyny became too frustrating. In a world where every marriage is a contract with a time limit (the parties can renew), it makes no sense for the main character to have a level of jealousy and possessiveness that in the real world is cultivated through an assumption of monogamy as a default. I read an ARC and so will refrain from using quotes in case the final version changes substantially, but this was a setup I've read before executed in a way that was frustrating to read.
Ultimately I stopped reading when the bland misogyny became too frustrating. In a world where every marriage is a contract with a time limit (the parties can renew), it makes no sense for the main character to have a level of jealousy and possessiveness that in the real world is cultivated through an assumption of monogamy as a default. I read an ARC and so will refrain from using quotes in case the final version changes substantially, but this was a setup I've read before executed in a way that was frustrating to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Excrement, Dementia, and Alcohol
jaimee_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Review to come
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Classism
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Dementia, and Medical trauma
Minor: Abandonment