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golden_angele's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
alicer_'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
Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Blood, and Medical content
ank3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Moderate: Gore, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Infertility
annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i have to comment on the US cover, especially for the audiobook (storygraph shows a different one but you can see what i’m talking about here: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41DTekX2n4L._SL500_.jpg). first of all, i don’t mind the composition but i dislike the art style, its flatness and lifelessness when this book is all about complex characters. but what really bothers me is that i think some other artist was given the task of adapting the cover art to a square aspect ratio for the audiobook, and literally copied, pasted, and mirrored the original tightly-cropped faces, adding in the nose bits. because, why are they so symmetrical?? why are their facial features so small?? it’s firmly in the uncanny valley. shoutout to the Danish cover, though, so pretty: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0bf9c4f3-3123-4d7b-a6b5-8955ff06e5f6
edit: the Russian hardcover is also beautiful: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/183d6a3b-d207-4cfb-aa9e-e36bc6df3f84
Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
deathdayparty'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
3.5
📚💭Reminds me of The Mindy Project, Normal People, Moshfegh-y self-centered characters.
🛍️ Local Library
Pros:
- This is the epitome of a vacation read. If you want something that can definitely be finished in a weekend, this is it.
- All of the characters kind of suck and you're not really rooting for anyone so you can just see all the different ways and shapes that they hurt themselves and each other. If you're having a bad day/week, it makes for a very compelling read.
- The book is very low stakes and doesn't take itself too seriously. I appreciate that Rooney establishes pretty quickly that all of the characters are using each other.
Cons:
- I feel like the pacing is a little front heavy. I didn't realize I was already almost done with the book and then I had 30 pages left.
- Not really sure who I would recommend this for. I feel like you'd just read this if you've read Rooney's other books.
Other:
- The characters turn your stomach in the way that in the end, you realize they don't want to change or be better and even though they've finally sorted things out, they like living in the chaos that they've built for themselves.
Moderate: Infidelity and Self harm
Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia
keelyb'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Medical trauma
lacey_wi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Infidelity and Self harm
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Antisemitism
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
*this is a debut novel, so pacing and writing is different from NP and BWWAY.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism
shmunderland7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Alcohol
scruffie'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pregnancy