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rambles's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape
laurel616's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Also, it felt like there were short time jumps that came out of no where. I would think I was reading something that happened the next day only to find out in a few pages over 2 weeks had past.
Greta was really well developed, but the remaining characters were not. That was especially noticeable (and disappointing) with Hans.
Moderate: Gore and Violence
Minor: Drug use and Rape
chris_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexism, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Self harm, Violence, and Abandonment
Minor: Gore, Rape, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
persephonefoxx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child abuse and Child death
pceldridge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape
hailstorm3812's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
liesthemoontells'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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Classism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
caffeinewiccan's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Rape and Sexual content
thereadingbanshee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I really love the first part of this book.
It focused on characters, our MC mostly, took its time in a very pleasant way. The writing itself is lovely, and really set the scene and the atmosphere of the story. And i loved every part of these first 150-200 or so pages, the atmosphere was immeculate to me.
Then, the middle part was confusing me a bit, and I slowly (and much to my dismay) started to slowly lose interest.
The plot was moving along, but the pacing was a bit off, and i didn't enjoy some parts of the developments.
(Also, the issues that bothered me so much in the last part of the book that i mention below were starting to appear.)
And the last part... well the last 100 pages or so i skimmed so that is telling.
But even before then, the pacing just was completely off. We went from having all the detail of the MC's feelings and thoughts, to not having them when they were crucial for the developments to make sense.
The biggest issue for me was the "big" twist. I saw it coming miles away, and this could have not bothered me if the elements letting you know of this weren't so obvious but completely ignored by the MC.
AND i hate the kind of trope that twist was based on, and hoped it would at least be done in a original way and was sorely disappointed.
In short, i think the premise and a ton of element of this book were very interesting, but sadly didn't get the execution they deserved.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Pregnancy
candiabell's review against another edition
3.25
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Rape