Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Worry

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readmollyread's review against another edition

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3.5

Lacking resolution !!!!!!!!

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fairlyoddmother's review

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dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A few chapters into this book, I read a review that said this was like a Millennial Seinfeld, and that helped me to enjoy this a lot more than I think I might have. The characters are a mess, their interactions can be mentally--and sometimes physically--abusive, and the ending is WHOA (trigger warning for possible animal death), but I couldn't look away. I even laughed a few times at the disfunction.

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tna_ohgee's review

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dark emotional

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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megplourde's review

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dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a fascinating look at the complicated relationship not only of the two sisters but also how they navigate the complexities of their family dynamic as a whole. There were pages that I laughed, and it was a quick read, but the ending was deeply unsettling. I'll try to take a few days to unpack why the author chose to end it the way she did...right now, it feels off.

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camillesim's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book captured the feeling of knowing you should do something to pull yourself out of bad habits/behaviours, but not having any motivation to do so. I mostly enjoyed it, up until the end, which really upset me.

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c1aud55n's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A lot of people seemingly loved the nothingness of this book, and while I tend to be a huge fan of plotless book I was not a fan of this one. Alexandra Tanner has no reason to change her style for me, but I definitely see glimpses of a writing style I could really enjoy one day. I loved the few glimpses of a theme I saw in this book, about depression and internet obsession. She placed us so solidly in 2019, during the Trump presidency and before Covid, and managed to say a lot without hitting us over the head with her messaging, but her main character never seemed to be internalizing this messaging or to be doing anything with it.

Earlier this month I read The Idiot by Elif Batuman. I really loved The Idiot while I have clearly come to despise Worry. I would sum up both of these books as being about "a depressed young woman doing nothing but still acting as a cultural critique for an entire novel."

The difference between Jules and Seline is that Seline's nothingness leaves her fundamentally changed at the end of the novel. While she was not proactive in changing herself the circumstances that she encounters in the book leave both the main character and the reader fundamentally changed. Jules does not go through any type of journey. She does not change and she does not learn. We never fully glimpse who she is at the beginning of the novel and a shock value ending robs us of seeing who she could become in the future.

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bildungswalton's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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? Yes

4.0

Fucking terrible ending but overall very very good. Also the undiagnosed narcissistic mother was one of the most infuriating characters I’ve ever encountered.

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