thecrimsoncorsair's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Genocide, Murder, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Drug use
izypup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Violence, Torture, Gore, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Confinement
Minor: Terminal illness, Cursing, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Drug use, War, and Classism
ehmannky's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I wasn't a fan that the Asian child was silent for much of the book, as I feel like that just calls on a tired trope. I did like that Brooks explicitly draws attention to the overall point that this is a town of privileged mostly white people copying Levittowns and that they were doomed from the start because of this. I also appreciated the fact that this book points out that the Disneyfication of nature is bad and it leads to people making careless decisions and dying. However, I didn't like the implication that
Spoiler
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cancer