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mhmmmichelle'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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia
mondovertigo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Suicide
Minor: Child death
mary_juleyre'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder
augie_'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
risemini'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
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
readbycarina'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
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder
girlsiread'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
amaya_jam'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Homophobia and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Child death
ktkeps's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, and Abandonment
quickermorequickly'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
4.0
Ferrante does unsettling very, very well. Reading this series (as well as The Days of Abandonment) is like taking stiff shots of very different, equally strong emotions, and then realizing you're drunk, and stumbling through a sinister amusement park. In a good way, I swear!
I found Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child to be less enchanting than the earlier installments of the series, if only because I haven't yet been through most of those life stages yet and so the pings of deep recognition or identification were less frequent. But I think the more time I spend on this planet seeing sad and strange things happen, the more I will recognize.
Hats off to Ann Goldstein for this very long project of translation.
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Outing, and Abandonment