eatyourenglish'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
3.5
Graphic: Body horror and Suicide
Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death
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
bibliosexual's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Body horror and Blood
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer and Alcoholism
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 fleshalexg52'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal death and Death
emmalouisereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I enjoyed the weird biological aspects of the story.
I would have liked more of the story - perhaps I’ll get that by reading the whole trilogy!
Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence
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
bo0kf4n2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Gun violence
Minor: Animal death and Cancer
kinddog2073'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? Yes
3.75
The themes in this book felt a lot more relatable to me, regarding assimilation and especially guardedness in relationships. Hummingbird Salamander had far fewer relatable elements in it for me, perhaps aside from the paranoia of the narrator as a security researcher.
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, and Animal death
sir_willyam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Violence, Sexual content, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Murder