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caoimhe9876's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Cannibalism
softasapanda'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
2.5
My first audio book, because I'd caught up to all my podcasts and needed something to listen to while doing the dishes. It felt extremely slow with not much actually happening, and then the big event wasn't really resolved satisfactorily. I noticed there's a sequel but don't care enough to find out what happens next. If I'd been reading the physical book I probably wouldn't have finished it.
Also, why was nobody bothered about a 20 year old lurking around a school and then dating a 16 year old student??
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
celine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Blood, and Cannibalism
Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
goldenslug'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? No
3.75
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
hylian_narwhal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
grexcarolinii's review against another edition
1.0
I was expecting a fun witchy read about a pair of sisters on different life paths - with one discovering love and the other discovering magic.
What this is is... an incredibly uncomfortable read watching a young teenage girl fall into an obviously toxic and abusive relationship. And though this felt very much like the point, it was a hard one to read. And it made it super hard to empathise with the characters when all I wanted to do was scream and slap on of the sisters into awareness.
The other problems I have... spoilers below
Be warned: I get very ranty, and there are some TW for the content of what happens in this book
The second more plot based problem.
Lon is obviously bad news and a villain. And up to a point, this is supposed to be uncomfortable, so that you know this type of relationship between an older man and a CHILD is not OK.
But here's the thing. Everyone in the village knows this is bad news, and knows something is up. That this isn't just a super gross and abusive relationship, but actually even more sinister. They make some comments and do about jack-shit.
Then it's heavily implied Lon had something to do with one of the more recent murders. But "they couldn't prove anything". God this made made me loathe Catlin - even she says that. "They couldn't prove anything". Fuck. She doesn't even say "he didn't do it" just that they couldn't prove he did? That's so so so god damn obviously a confession of guilt. But despite the whole town kinda knowing he murdered a girl, just wasn't caught for it... they again do jack-shit to stop.
In the final pieces of the book, we find out Lon isn't entirely human. Is far far older than he appears. Things I had guessed. But adding to this - he is not only responsible for the deaths of the other girls. But is actually responsible for killing and EATING 101 girls. One HUNDRED and One. And it's heavily implied that people very much knew of some of these murders being him. And noone did anything? Everyone watched this cannibalistic murderer who has been preying on young young girls, presumeably for years, and has a body count that is probably larger than the population of the village itself. And noone did anything? Fuck me
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Body horror, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
booksmoviesandstories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism
madeleinebay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Murder
hickorynut'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
TW for animal sacrificesmollyv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I would like to forget I ever read this book.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting