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the_other_yvonne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Murder
kattyenn'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Murder
nerdy_reader_9571's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Rape
ohnoitscoco'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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Car accident
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Death and Grief
brooketreads'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
5.0
I wasn’t sure about this book at first. It just didn’t feel like my typical read, and was truly not expecting to like it. But, it completely surprised me. Such great writing from Morgan Talty. I felt immersed in the story. I had expected this to be a horror (based on the title 😆), but it ended up being less fantasy/scifi horror, more real life horror. This book was literally gutting me all the way through like with the MC’s grandma having dementia… I wasn’t sure how this book was going to end, but I would have never guessed what happened. I gasped, I cried. Read this.
Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Dementia, and Murder
anahisa'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
4.5
A reading experience that made me feel both haunted + hunted! Love how Talty subverts horror tropes in these stories. I’m finding myself at a loss for words because it’s such an incredibly raw narrative it feels wrong to talk about in passing. While I highly recommend picking this one up, advise the trigger warnings!!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
readingwithkaitlyn'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
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity and Car accident
Minor: Child death and Rape
Neglect, fraud, MMIWG2S, drowning, intergenerational trauma, baby addicted to methodone, postpartum depression,mcc004'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia