mmefish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Moderate: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Minor: Animal death and Racism
z_thatsit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident, Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism
northernlitreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Spoiler
i also loved how at the end, norahs realisation at her aging paralleled all the twins’ victims when they noticed they couldn’t breathe - so cleverGraphic: Violence, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body shaming, Racism, Death, Kidnapping, and Stalking
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Body shaming
dianna_reads's review
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death and Child death
Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming
mateoj's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
kazik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Animal death and Murder
sonyareadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Medical content, and Body shaming
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Animal death, Suicide, and Xenophobia
noir_novels's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
As the story is split into different segments (basically a short story every 9 years), it quite obvious that the fates of these characters are doomed (the direction of the plot is pretty standard in that regard), but that didn’t take away from the story for me as I was intrigued to see how our antagonistic protagonists would get to their endgame. I will say that I appreciated the slight twist in the final pages too and the alluding to more happening after the events of the story. There is also information given to us readers about the backstory and other mysterious groups that could have been developed further, but I like that I was left in the dark with it - the story continues beyond the book but not knowing anything more about the trails left behind feels more satisfying for me as a reader.
I would definitely recommend this to fans of suspense with fantastical supernatural elements or someone looking for a short but intriguing read. I’m keen to look at more books by this author in the future :)
Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Death, and Body shaming
Minor: Gore and Body horror