harrietshelley's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
On one hand it gave us Canadian Herbert West, Dan Cain being a bit of a freak, and some really nice personality dialogue for Meg early on. On the other hand, the POV was all over the place (I'd really like to know who's perspective I'm reading at each point), when the book changed movie dialogue it was generally made clunkier and more unnaturally written, and the entire thing lacks emotion -- you don't get to see into the minds of the characters as much as you should.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Body horror, Murder, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Misogyny
seb_pitch's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Sexual assault, Gore, and Death
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