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annaonthepage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment
Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Hard to guage content warnings for this book as a lot is of questionable reality and implication rather than graphic on-page fact, so have tried to enter with fitting levels of each instance.nettles's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Awad makes an unsettling atmosphere early on and charges forward until I both feared for and felt fear of Miranda as she told the story. This book gave me a lot of anxiety even when I put it down, trying to go about my simple, regular life.
I haven't read anything like this, but also I don't know if I'd recommend it to any of my friends so it's hard to rate. but I do think it masterfully captures of an emotion, even if the plot suffers a bit for it
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
smolfrog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Death, Infertility, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
herbodyslikeamodernart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death
Minor: Car accident
stripes_and_naps's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
talis_turner's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
dudeguyface's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma
ada_elisabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
On one hand, it was kind of interesting, I guess. On the other hand, it was SO LONG! Like yes, it was decent, but did it really need to be over three hundred pages? Probably not.
What I Liked:
- The general plot. I'm really living for these chaotic novels about messy, disorganized, unhappy people these days. Something about them is just so satisfying to my soul. I feel like a lot of the books I've read recently have been about people whose lives SHOULD be amazing, but something is just ruining it all for them. Throw in some dead parents, chronic pain, and/or divorce, and you've got a perfect novel. In all seriousness, I really enjoy reading about adults. Teenagers are so boring. I'd much rather read about someone twice (or thrice) my age.
- That ending. It was just *perfect.* I love a good bit of insanity, and this was just perfection. It's a sign of a truly talented writer if you feel like you're going insane right along with the characters. Overall I really liked the writing style of this book too. It was darkly funny, shockingly witty, and entirely unapologetic. I really, really enjoyed it. Which is great, because I have another Mona Awad book waiting in the wings for me.
- It had an ✨Unreliable Narrator✨ and I love those.
What I Didn't Like:
- It was long and a little bit slow. It took me TWENTY DAYS to read. Twenty days! (Yes, I did stop to read something else in the middle, but we'll ignore that for plot convenience.)
- I didn't really connect with any of the characters/they didn't feel like real people.
- Hugo. That's all I'll say for that one.
Overall, it was okay. Not my favorite, but I did really like some aspects of it (and I loved the cover (not the one that Goodreads shows, but the one with the theatre mask made out of pills)). 3.75/5, rounded up.
Moderate: Chronic illness and Death
remuslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Blood
booksofautumn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail