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directorpurry'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
stephanieluxton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder
jess2obsess's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
fkshg8465's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment
akmay17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
However, it takes place in the 30s, and the characters certainly speak like it — and by that I mean, they’re racist. Even if that character is not, like, extremely racist, they use the n-word, and there’s at least one anti-Semitic comment as well. These parts were hard to read and, to me, often felt unnecessary even it was “true” to the historic time period. I wanted to mention if that’s just not something you want to be reading.
There’s also a racist trope presumably unintentionally used—
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Cannibalism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol
jellybean_gene's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The prose was unflinching.
There's blatant racism and slurs used here (trigger warning), however it is delivered in a way that feels very authentic to the time, both in it's sparingness and who shows the behavior (half of the book takes place in backwoods Georgia in 1920 after all).
The main character is definitely dealing with some horrific PTSD from WWI and the flashbacks are gruesome and yet delivered so matter-of-fact that you can't help but keep reading.
There was so much depravity and pain throughout the story. I think the MC's war flashbacks parallel the eventual antagonist's story in that both give us an overwhelming amount of malice and suffering, ultimately showing the horrors humans are capable of. Which then begs the question, are the monsters the good guys? But like, fuck nah, they're also insanely cruel.
Graphic: Gore, Rape, and War
castamere'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury
orizenda'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
portabello_pig's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Excrement
whatathymeitwas'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Death of parent