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mogojojo1013's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Trigger warnings: Violence, blood, weapons, vomiting, trypophobia, insects, spiders, snakes, parent loss, suicide, drug overdose, alcoholism, mentions of war, a clown, hospitalization (there may be more that I missed, this book was A LOT)
This book was an experience from start to finish there is so much thrown at you. Just the horror aspect it feels like she takes every possible terrifying thing and puts it in here. I love all of the characters, I thought that for how many there are they were well developed and I was immediately connected to all of them. I love the diversity and the fact that many of the characters are queer.
I love that this book is discussing a lot of difficult topics like grief, loss, mental illness, addiction, disability but we are also getting a really creepy and somehow fun story at the same time.
There were some chapters that seemed to go on for a little too long unnecessarily, like when the kids were walking home from school, but for me that didn't detract too much from the experience.
At times I think the grossness went a bit too far, but maybe that's just a me thing. I did, however, think it was entirely unnecessary to specifically state that the coven's one spoon has a swastika and was stolen from Hitler, just struck me as icky.
All in all though, the book was entertaining and had me hooked and reading furiously to the end, I'm sure I will pick up the rest of the books at some point.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and War
Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Racism
booksthatburn's review against another edition
I stopped when the carbon copy of Lafayette from True Blood showed up. I already wasn’t enjoying the “transcript of a youtube video” style.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Racism, and Death of parent