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becksusername'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? No
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Child death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping
fiveredhens'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? No
3.5
- definitely a product of second-wave white feminism which really imo... detracted from it... like more than once she says something like "women in this world are treated in the way that was once reserved for racial differences" and there was just no... questioning of that, at all
- not really a book about linguistics so much as it is a book about people who speak multiple languages but that's just the purist in me whining
- where it involved Linguistics, it leaned into weak sapir-whorf, which i just don't like
- also rlly promoted the idea of the long-suffering but hard-working woman who simply cannot go on but does anyway? i wasn't sure if that was the perception of the author or the narrator though
- would've liked a glimpse into how the world would have treated disability, gayness, transness, neurodivergence, etc but every woman in the novel was almost interchangeable with one another except in the degree of their linguistic and how irritating they were to men. they were all otherwise ""normal""
- sometimes it went heavy on exposition
- like most misogynistic dystopias it was pretty distressing to read, but in this one the distress came from the psychological abuse rather than the sexual abuse. i don't want to say it was a welcome change but it was approached well, imo. distressingly accurate. not something you should approach unless you're feeling up to it
- in general the whole premise was really cool and geared to my interests though
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Child death
Moderate: Ableism, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Dementia, Excrement, and Infertility
futuremsq's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny
Moderate: Cancer, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization
holly_ey's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Cancer