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bookishperseus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment
bek_p87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Body horror and Violence
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Child abuse
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and War
Ableism warning is to err on the side of caution, for disability framed as a punishment near the end.amre23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Police brutality, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Dysphoria
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault and Medical content
sssssoup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Police brutality, Medical content, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
tina94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Pedophilia
Minor: Transphobia and Medical content
spiritedfaraway's review against another edition
4.0
Her mother focused on her, cupping her cheek in a chalky hand. "Monsters don't look like anything, doux-doux. That's the whole point. That's the whole problem.”
Evil takes many forms and shapes and monsters don't look or seem like monsters, until suddenly they do. Monsters are people and can be anyone: your neighbor you say good morning to, the little old lady you sit next to on the bus, a favorite family member.
And in Lucille, where it is taught that there are no more monsters? Where the adults refuse to believe that there are any bad people left?
What do you do when you have to reconsider everything you’ve ever been taught? And that, in fact, there is still a monster and it’s in your friend’s house.
“The problem is, when you think you’ve been without monsters for so long, sometimes you forget what they look like, what they sound like, no matter how much remembering your education urges you to do. It’s not the same when the monsters are gone. You’re only remembering shadows of them, stories that seem to be limited to the pages or screens you read them from. Flat and dull things. So, yes, people forget. But forgetting is dangerous.
Forgetting is how the monsters come back.”
Jam is horrified when Pet, a being of colors and claws, tells her there is a monster lurking near her best friend. She's determined to figure out the truth, no matter what any of the adults have to say on the matter. Because the adults are sure that there couldn’t possibly be anything wrong.
But as Jam discovers, refusing to look and see the truth doesn’t fix anything. It doesn’t mean something isn’t happening. Denying the truth doesn’t make something any less true.
“A thing which is happening happens whether you look at it or not.”
This was an absolutely riveting and reflective read that truly packed a punch. I honestly have so many thoughts and feelings about this book, but not the words to describe how amazing this book was. I will definitely be thinking about this for quite a while.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Rape
A character does dissociate in a scene and thinks about it a couple times as well.