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luis_vieira'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War
mikariah'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Because the thing that really sells this book for me is the characters.
And I can accept a LOT if the characters are great, which I believe that these are. Now, I'm a little biased because 'just-a-little-too-fucked-up' is exactly how I like my characters in the morning. Exactly. They are all problematic faves. Even the least terrible of them have some mess they're going through, and it sucked me in, which is good because there is not much plot to speak of. Yet.
The prose is straightforward and practical. Perhaps a little too much at times, and I wished there was less psychological distancing in the flow, but overall it read quickly and painlessly.
As a side note: the content warnings aren't necessarily expressing some sort of validation within the text. The characters are just... well, they have problems. And they experience problems.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, and War
singalana'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and War
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
laine37's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
apiecalypsejen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
Minor: Rape