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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The disappearances reminded me of my fears from the climate crisis. We're constantly losing endangered species and seeing alarmist articles about how we might lose foods like coffee or chocolate. It feels like the earth is constantly running out of things. Like the Florence Welch lyric "and what if one day there is no such thing as snow".
But that's just one interpretation of many you could have with this book. Its themes of loss, control, agency, and more are very impactful, and I think I'll remember this book for a long time.
Graphic: Police brutality
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicide
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation
4.0
4.25
Very inspiring to read her story and learn the context around some of her books. She's such a wonderful writer and it was really interesting seeing the ways community and art and difficulties have all shaped her life.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Medical content
4.5
I started the audiobook of this while working at my job that was burning me out, and immediately ordered the paperback so I could annotate it. It took ages to come in the mail, so by the time I picked it up again I had already quit that job and started properly resting for the first time in... ever?
I wish this book had found me earlier so I could've avoided the burnout I'm currently recovering from, I can see it helping many people either by preventing their burnout or learning compassion for others exhibiting signs of "laziness". Even just the title of this book changed my outlook when I first saw it online, hopefully it does the same for others.
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
2.75
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism
Minor: Colonisation
3.75
I adore the orange poem, and there were quite a few in this collection I really enjoyed, just leaves me wanting more.
Minor: Mental illness and Grief
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy
3.75
Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic