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- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Alcohol, War, and Classism
Did not finish book. Stopped at 70%.
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Alcohol
Minor: Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Trafficking, and Death of parent
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Body horror and Blood
Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexual content, and Murder
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Gun violence, Infidelity, Dementia, and Pregnancy
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“sour cherry” is a surrealist descent through the branches of a family tree that evokes a true gothic horror from the prose-like lines to the atmospheric weight of a ghost filled mansion. theodoridou, through women that go unnamed and our all knowing narrator telling a fairy tale, maps the lives of the men in a lordly family and the pestilence that clings to their bones, leeches out into the world around them. the men seemingly carry an unnatural curse that springs up decay from their very existence down to birthing stones, festering hardwood floors, throats full of forests, and women wasting away into nothingness. “sour cherry” uses allegory and symbolism to seek to answer what makes a man a man and what makes men monsters? built around the ever cyclic nature of domestic violence, theodoridou opens the discussion of the entrapment the unnamed women experience at the hands of the man who manages to make them stay.
this book was captivating and all consuming. the atmospheric setting and format drew me in and didn’t let go. the format and narrator’s voice were also unique and i haven’t read another book formatted like this before. i felt that the pacing was at times a bit too stunted or whip-quick, with seemingly pointless diversions into subplots for which there are no answers—but this did not decrease my enjoyment or understanding of the story. “sour cherry” nestles neatly alongside the similarly surrealist generational trauma stories “the invisible hotel”by yeji y. ham and “woodworm” by layla martínez—if you liked those, read this and if you like this read those!
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Alcohol
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gore, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Death of parent
Minor: Racism and War
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Sexual content, Blood, Trafficking, and Death of parent
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Dementia
Minor: Suicide attempt
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Torture, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Abortion
Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
Did not finish book. Stopped at 46%.