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onceandfuturereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse
studydniowka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Sexual content
sourl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia
beautyandterror's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia
wipeout'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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, and Classism
Minor: Miscarriage
bj66rk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
"our first confidants, though the word seems excessive, are our lovers"
— i would give this a 4 but after thinking it over i couldnt bring myself to do that and settled on a 3.75 LOL.. this book gets a bit hard to follow along as it continues and i found myself grazing over long paragraphs after losing interest. i do enjoy the collection of memories and switches between povs as the narrator reflects on snippets of her childhood, watching the young girl from her adult eyes and the eyes of the reader.
her relationship with her adult lover is strange. i feel for her with her relationship with him and her mother, how it felt like she clinged onto him because of her upbringing and societal belief that she as a young girl was nothing but a sexual object. you question whether it was love or merely just desire needing to be met—many things the lover did made me feel ill. its reminiscent of a lolita type relationship, but told from the pov of dolores.
the racism and whiteness is something i as a poc had trouble coming to terms with, but nonetheless it was a quick book i couldn't put down.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism
james1star's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Pedophilia
Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Colonisation
violargento's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
stellabyproxy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
“We’re united in a fundamental shame at having to live.”
“I’ve never written, though I thought I wrote, never loved, though I thought I loved, never done anything but wait outside the closed door.”
“It’s while it’s being lived that life is immortal, while it’s still alive.”
“My memory of men is never lit up and illuminated like my memory of women.”
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism
Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, and Grief
Minor: Death, Drug use, Xenophobia, and War
empsea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, and Death of parent