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caspian's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism
ashleylynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Fatphobia and Misogyny
wanderingthepage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, and Sexual content
dianna_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
gladiolus17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Physical abuse and Medical content
mateoj's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
sonyareadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, and Medical content
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Suicide, and Xenophobia
noir_novels's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
As the story is split into different segments (basically a short story every 9 years), it quite obvious that the fates of these characters are doomed (the direction of the plot is pretty standard in that regard), but that didn’t take away from the story for me as I was intrigued to see how our antagonistic protagonists would get to their endgame. I will say that I appreciated the slight twist in the final pages too and the alluding to more happening after the events of the story. There is also information given to us readers about the backstory and other mysterious groups that could have been developed further, but I like that I was left in the dark with it - the story continues beyond the book but not knowing anything more about the trails left behind feels more satisfying for me as a reader.
I would definitely recommend this to fans of suspense with fantastical supernatural elements or someone looking for a short but intriguing read. I’m keen to look at more books by this author in the future :)
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, and Fatphobia
Minor: Body horror and Gore