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Pomegranate
by Helen Elaine Lee
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book has so much heartbreak and pain and frustration and hope. I'm really glad I read it, especially when for a little bit there I was worried it would just be hurt after hurt, but knew I was going to push through regardless. Pomegranate is very much about the past and the present, and how we are all of our past selves at once. It's about growth and change in combination with not being able to fully escape your past. It's about queer love, and the way society sets some people up to fail, and the bravery it takes to open up to others. It's so so beautiful and I would highly recommend it.
Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment
Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia
Major TW for CSA, as well as PTSD and childhood trauma more generally