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cherryblossomgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Classism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
readbycarina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Death
crouchingdoctorhiddenbias's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Grief, and Gaslighting
kmyr1123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
lili_geek'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
2.5
The meat of the book had some good story development, where one woman was finding her niche while trying the cope with the systemic racism surrounding her, one woman drowning in isolation due to outright racism she has to experience, and one woman who was constantly trying to make connections in the mist of all of her trauma. But the ending was simultaneously sad and frustrating, and I can’t say that I found it was a good ending. Only one character did my heart go out to.
I also did not like the fact that the main ‘villain’ was coded as ASD. The representation was poor and not accurate. To me it read like someone went to webmd- found the main symptoms of ASD then put all of it in one character.
Overall, the book was good enough for me to maintain interest to want to finish the book, but I would not recommend it to anyone. I felt like it had a lot of promise, but I was disappointed in the character decisions (not the last characters decision, that broke my heart) in the beginning and ending of the book.
Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Islamophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
deezy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting
cleches's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism