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batcaves'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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
auntiejamie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
2.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence
chellyfishing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Suicide
immovabletype's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol
lady_bountiful's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
solouncapitulomas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was so bored with McGrath's story but I did appreciate the parallels between him and cordova and their daughters, but the other to characters? unbearable, the author could've focused on the lore of cordova and on Ashley (a character like rebecca from daphne du maurier more interesting in death and with the power to eclipse every other character without even trying) instead of fucking introducing two boring people (nora and hopper) with no business being there and maybe if those two stayed like another one of the additional people we met along the way they would've been bearable but no, they had to join the hunt and be useless
wtv, I finished this book before the end of October and that was that
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Transphobia
Moderate: Cancer, Racism, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Car accident
jlk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, and Blood
phantomgecko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
idk, this was an interesting read. Long, but it wouldn't have been as satisfying shorter. I saw someone put this on a list of books they weren't smart enough to read, and I kinda get why. There're layers here, but it's enjoyable even at a high level.
Characters annoyed me at first, but they grew on me.
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury
siriface's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Trafficking
ashtheaudiomancer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I'm not sure what else to say about it because almost everything is a spoiler. It's a murder mystery . . . kind of. It's an exploration of the depths of conspiracy theories and cult-like followings that get attached to certain celebrities . . . kind of. It's a deconstruction of the typical private investigator character type . . . kind of.
It's a thick and challenging read, and leaves things a little ambiguous, and a little meta, at the end, but the time commitment is worth it. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Suicide
Minor: Child death
A central theme in this story follows plot beats and details from a fictional filmmaker whose work (to me) sounds similar to the Gialli. So there's a lot of descriptions of (again fictional) films with similar levels of gore and violence.