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jdromsky'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? Yes
3.75
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Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
dreezy's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, and Abandonment
bookforestsprite's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit
CN: contains a side storyline with a Bury Your Gays tropevictoriastarkid'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Vomit and Car accident
karkei'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
4.5
Elizabeth Zott is not exactly a lovable character - she is stubborn and she is odd. But she definitely earned my respect.
The book was a page-turner. What an exciting premise. I would say that reading the blurb, I wanted to read more about how Zott changed the women’s lives though. I think it would have been interesting to see more of the lives of the women behind the screen watching her and the little impacts they made in their own lives, rather than the huge focus on Zott’s life itself. It would have been a better balance - less about how she got to Supper at Six, but more on how the show or Zott herself made an impact on others.
The reason I say this is because it was almost ironic that this story that supposedly champions women ended up being more about a man (Calvin Evans). Evans was the huge catalyst behind Zott’s story, his death was central to the plot and his childhood was what ended up giving Evans the life she wanted. I didn’t enjoy that.
Also, another little critique I have is that Zott’s beauty was brought up quite a lot. I know that they were trying to emphasize that men looked at beauty a certain way back then, but for the sake of the story, I think the story wouldn’t have changed much without the mention of beauty (e.g. Frask also got assaulted and went through something similar to Zott, even when she was highlighted to be quite unattractive). This is particularly the case when considering how Garmus went to great lengths to emphasize Evans’ unattractiveness. It was almost like Garmus herself was putting Elizabeth into a box and claiming she got where she did because a woman’s beauty helps her.
Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
chronic_listener's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Abandonment
lcehanle's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Rape
Moderate: Abandonment
willbefunorelse'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
my_personal_escape's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, and Abandonment