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sweetsouthwest's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Classism
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Infidelity
maestro_cerrotorcido'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
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
esthrrrr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Alcohol
ericaereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Also because there was next to no diversity, and the diversity that was present was only coded and used as a plot device
Also also because, sorry not sorry, just throwing a bunch of deeply unhappy characters together and using a non-linear narrative structure to force tension does not equate to literature.
If I'm petty I'd call this Colleen Hoover lit-fic, but that seems a bit mean given that the writing was solid (just not for me) and at least the problematic relationships were actually portrayed as problematic.
And listen, I get it. When I did force myself to pick this book up I couldn't put it down. It was, dare I say, "unputdownable." And as a non-mystery/thriller reader I was completely on the twist-and-turn ride and NEEDED to find out what happened. Which is why the true rating is 3.5 stars because good Lord I could not stop.
Graphic: Child death and Physical abuse
Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia
The homophobia in this book is not directly in the text (beyond 1970s folks not understanding it/how to talk about it), but the handling of and narration around one specific coded-queer character was...not done well and gave the whole text a feeling of token queer representation.marilululu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Abandonment, and Colonisation
xandiecat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism
ladybug12793's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Dementia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Classism
fanchera'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
drpthy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
ottercorg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Crime procedurals are not always my thing, especially in book form, but class commentaries are and more than anything that is what this is. A tale of wealth and power, the forms it can take, the effect it has on its surroundings, and perhaps most importantly on its children.
Moore beautifully intertwines multiple timelines and characters and kept me guessing all the way to the very end. I hurt for Barbara and Tracy and Louise and wanted to strangle every single Peter. I attached to these characters quickly and fiercely. The story was a bit long, which is my only valid reason for docking half a star. I feel it wasn't wholly necessary but it also didn't feel like Moore was dragging it along so, who knows. Maybe it actually is a 5 star read for me.
I am glad that, to me, the hype for this one feels well deserved.
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism