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347 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.
There is so much needless drama. If this was set in high school and everyone was about sixteen then the drama and emotional stakes would make sense. But for twenty something year olds?? Nah.
I usually listen to audiobooks on 1x. With this I kept upping the speed to make it go faster. I got to 2x (at which this book still felt slow and natural??) and then finally gave up.
This is the first booktok rec I’ve given a chance and never again tbh.
Also holy exposition and repetition back man! We learn so much about every single background character for reasons I can’t fathom. And every time the main characters are in the same scene and the POV switches we get to read the scene through both. Honestly if one POV was taken out, the book would’ve been much shorter and the quality would’ve stayed the same.
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Dementia, and Colonisation
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
- 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? It's complicated
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Abandonment, and War
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
Some of the experiments she talks about seem unnecessarily cruel such as the professor who marks all his students' essays as the worst essay he's ever read, telling them that the essays were marked by other students, in order to access their thoughts and feelings on the matter.
I've listened to an hour and a half of this book. I don't think I will get anything out of finishing it, other than more reasons to think that the world is a terrible place and everything is pointless.
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
1.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence