aravenclawlibraryx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, and Alcohol
wispy_reviews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Gun violence
suzablam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Violence, Death, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood
Minor: Sexual content, Cancer, and Terminal illness
entityj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Death and Gore
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
keegan53's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Sexual content, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, and Suicide
A note on the body horror:Spoiler
things that should not be made out of flesh are made out of fleshelizabeth_lepore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Cancer
msradiosilence's review against another edition
Graphic: Abandonment, Self harm, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content
j_squaredd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, and Blood
krytykesa'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? No
3.0
Because I saw the movie and didn't like it, I was subconsciously preparing myself for a similar experience. Fortunately, the adaptation was not identical to the original, even in the atmosphere. And I completely understand why the changes were made in the film - it seems complicated to show the events of the book on the screen normally.
The weakest part of the book for me was the characters. The biologist, on whose behalf the events are narrated, received the tag "unreliable narrator" from me from the first pages. The anthropologist did not exist in the book. On the other hand, the surveyor and the psychologist seemed so interesting that it was very insulting not to be able to look deeper into their thoughts. This is a case where I would like to read PoV chapters more.
But I liked how the main character's relationship with her husband was gradually revealed to us. Somehow, through this series of flashbacks and reflections, I quickly realized what their relationship was like - realistic.
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Gun violence and Violence