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cottonmanifesto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- As others have said, this book suffers from major pacing issues. I called it "medium-paced" because some parts are so fast and gripping I couldn't put the book down, while others plod along so slowly that I couldn't pick it up. I appreciate writers who can write a variety of speeds, but in Ammonite it was an impediment.
- Maybe this is just a personal problem, but I struggled to look at this book through the lens of its own time and not think about what we know now. Ammonite comes from the late '80s/early '90s school of feminist scifi, where writing women who were actual, fully developed characters was somewhat shocking. These days, a lot of things don't hold up well. What does the virus do to trans and nonbinary folks? Griffith is arguing that a world without men would be exactly the same as a world with them, but would the women of Jeep be "just like men" if they'd never experienced patriarchy and toxic masculinity?
- As always, I should not read author's notes. Griffith's note for Ammonite is a contradictory mess that goes something like, "Women aren't just like men! We're just like men!" Save yourself the heartache; stick with just reading the book.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
rhymeswithnova's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
Minor: Suicide, Excrement, Abortion, and Alcohol