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asternautt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit and Cannibalism
vmatias26's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and War
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
longhairzuko'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
lena_and_her_books's review against another edition
I can excuse bad characterization, but I draw the line at Achilles and Patroclus being cishet bros. To qoute the book: "(they) fell into bed and slept - as naked and sexless as two beans in a pod". Also they´re not characterized as friends more like Patroclus having developed stockholm syndrome and being unable to leave (to be fair the author says that their relationship is something deeper than love...whatever that means).
I mean all the characters where flat and boring (I can excuse the men being boring, bcs the book was written from a female perspective, but there is no excuse for the women being badly written). The only characterization that was on point was Achilles mommy issues.
The way slavery was talked about came across as very white and privileged.
Another thing that was really off-putting for me was the use of very modern words, that ruined the flow of the storyline for me a bit.
What I liked about this book was the way the author described the living conditions of the camp. I thought that was very well executed and very realistic.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War