quinniantheduck'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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child death, and Child abuse
owlish1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
serenas_reads'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
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Medical content, Colonisation, Sexism, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Suicide
sophiegs's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Miscarriage and Domestic abuse
Minor: Suicide
lil13'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Medical content
Moderate: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
josie9'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Excrement
jamesflint's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage
Moderate: Racism, Gore, and Suicide
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
3.75
Parts of the novel took place in Borneo where Valentine’s brother, a naturalist, has contracted malaria and is being cared for by a British man who was discharged from the army for homosexuality and is now attempting to improve the life of the indigenous peoples, but in a rather half-hearted and somewhat clueless way. These sections did not work as well for me and didn’t feel well connected to what I felt were the main storylines in Bath.
Tremain wrote some beautiful passages and I loved seeing how themes such as passions (and not just sexual ones) vs conventionality, colonialism, and finding sanctuary played out in different characters and different locations. Bits of this story I really loved but as a whole it didn’t fully coalesce or entirely work for me.
Graphic: Miscarriage and Physical abuse
laura0497's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Moderate: Miscarriage
librariangeorgia'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: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Infidelity
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Gore
Minor: Cancer