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danimacuk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Excrement, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Vomit, and Car accident
add_a_little_spook'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity
bookdeviant86's review
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
oktrouble1401213's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Murder
hailey_horror's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
laniemax's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ximradletshuggx's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Pace:3/5
Plot development:2/5
Characters:2/5
Enjoyability:3 (jumped from a 2 to a 3 in the last 20% of the book)/5
Time to complete:5hours
Score:2.4/5 stars
Notes:
Overrated.
Maybe I have an issue with male authors. This author struggles to write female characters, and as a female reader it’s something that jumps out to me.
I went into this book excited based on the blurb, but within the first 10% of the book or so I was seriously thinking of putting this on my DNF shelf. The writing was bland and boring and didn’t do much to bring the reader in. The narrative is too repetitive and simplistic that it just doesn’t give me anything to hold on to.
I would have much rather had a story from the point of view of Meg, Susan or hell even Ruth, instead of Davey the onlooking boy who takes no accountability and just watches things happen and goes on about the girls through eyes of sexual lust for one and disgust towards the other. His character has no personality other than being a 12 year old boy who only has sexual thoughts about his female “friend”.
It is so bland that it ruins the whole reading experience. I probably would have been better off reading an actual non-fiction book about the real life events of Sylvia Likens that this book was based off of.
The story finally gets a little bit interesting around 35% which is a little far in if you ask me, and then around 60% in the plot finally gets dark and descriptive. Around 80% in it gets pretty graphic and at this point I’m sure many people will be uncomfortable. The events in this book become jaw dropping and horrific and my heart breaks for Meg.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury