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akizato's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This felt like a first draft that could do with some expansion to explore the more interesting parts.
I will praise the translation though, which is part of the reason it even gets 2 stars. Representing the exhaustion and alien-ness with the font getting all weird was really well done, it's a really good translation!
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Hate crime
Minor: Excrement and Sexual harassment
bateleanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
mar's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia, Hate crime, and Excrement
samgray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
jrmar739's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
callme_tippy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The scene setting, the characterization, the stylistic choices in visuals and writing were all spot on.
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
melliedm'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
5.0
What's all this nonsense, you say? Just think of it as the ramblings of a life-form pretending to be human. It won't be that important to you, dear reader.
A strange, intensely evocative novel about the sensation of being alien to the society you live in, discussing concepts like masking, isolation, anxiety, and desire in a package equally relatable and…well, alien.
Maybe it’s just the autistic, chronically ill, queer in me—but yeah. This one hit home.
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Excrement, and Dysphoria
wasabiapple'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Violence
foolishyetdangerousbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Murder
applesodaperson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
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Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Hate crime