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thesuperawesomesarah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse
themichellegray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Suicide and Grief
Minor: Animal death
_pauline's review against another edition
1.25
however, if you love horror just for the vibes, maybe you’ll like it; I realised I prefer mysteries & thrillers. Gallant includes a lot of stuff like this:
Behind her eyes, she sees the corpses of small creatures rising at her touch, feels herself dragged into the darkness by dead hands, watches two dozen dancers turn to ash, bits of bone rattling on the ballroom floor as they skitter back to their master.
just not my genre I guess
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, and Blood
Minor: Suicide
_marycappiello3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
wreckmore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicide and Medical content
candyb0x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
But fr tho, this book had me from the first page. The writing is incredible, and the description was detailed without being exhausting. I can honestly say that I loved every minute of it. A few "unknowns" were pretty obvious to me, but I still enjoyed the journey. Would recommend
Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Suicide
cryptofauna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
super interesting and had me hooked from the very beginning. it got me to read during the summer which is a huge accomplishment.
v. e. schwab as usually knocks it out of the park with the characterization, writing and world building.
having a non-speaking protagonist i think was done perfectly in this book, it was just frustrating enough to absolutely relate to olivia’s frustration at being ignored and misunderstood but not so much that it felt like a random thing just added to complicate the plot (especially when she isn’t really coded as autistic). it felt like an actual part of the character rather than a flaw or a complication, and i loved that she didn’t get “fixed” at the end.
read all in one day (a double win for the summer reading slump)
also reminded me a lot of the spirit bares its teeth especially at the beginning
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Pregnancy
whirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent
rachtmh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
My main genres are fantasy, romance and mythology but have recently been really enjoying gothic, spooky & historic stories as well.
This book is spooky in a really interesting and engrossing way. The characters are bound to family and the their history, but like all good stories, you are the one who will be bound.
I could not put the book down and even more than a fantastic story, the book itself is beautiful.
The alternate pages, illustrations and chapter pages are something else!
Thank you for such a beautiful book and awesome story.
Minor: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment