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the_true_monroe'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? No
3.5
But I do need to say that having the protagonist being called a “child” the entire time and looking like she was 10 years old is unsettling, even knowing she is an over half century old vampire. Vampire adults completely acknowledged their attraction to her and only being able to not act yet since she is still a child!
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide and Misogyny
Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, and Slavery
another_dahlia's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Sexism
charrlee'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? It's complicated
4.0
This is a text that will have you traversing the themes of blackness & fugitivity and hybridity & "naturalness" while questioning who assumes the role of monsters. Humanity is found in unexpected places as Butler subverts, complicates, and rewrites the expectations and rules of the common Western vampire trope. There is much to discuss about the moral quandaries this book offers. It was a challenging read and probably one of the more horrific books I've read to date.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism
maregred'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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Slavery and Grief
elizabethblue's review against another edition
Graphic: Pedophilia
Moderate: Cannibalism
Minor: Slavery
redcapediver'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism