cosmicpanda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Self harm, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence
Minor: Sexual content and Suicide attempt
babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness
keen's review against another edition
Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death
shelfofunread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement
gondorgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture
haleybre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm
stephjlw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
the first 200 pages of this novel were fantastic. the atmosphere was amazing, the tension was high, the mystery was... mystery-ing. but then, a couple things happened.
one, I didn't like the explanation for why things on the Aurora were so fucked.
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it wasn't aliens, and that made me madtwo, a lot of Claire's weird personal shit just doesn't get resolved. she still holds herself responsible for events that occurred when she was a literal child, AND she has a weird moral equivalency that decisions she made that had bad outcomes (she couldn't possibly have predicted) makes her as morally reprehensible as the corporation that intentionally acts maliciously and covers it up.... girl be so real right now you are not the same.
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also ghosts are real I guess and Claire can see them but we have no explanation as to why??I don't need characters to be THAT fleshed out in a horror novel. for me they need to exist enough on the page so that I can imagine myself in their shoes, and inside the scariness. However, if they have glaring delusions, I would like for those to be resolved by the novels end IF the book is aiming for a resolution. this novel was, it gives the characters an ending and arc. Claire, manages to do some dealing with her aversion to forming close relationships and you know.. wants to live. But those things I mentioned above were also significant to her character, and they were just left. Bothered me. Especially because the novel goes a timeless - corporations being evil route, which I support BUT the characters should probably honestly conceptualize themselves on the victim to complicit scale. Claire viewed herself as far more complicit in Verux's crimes than she had any business thinking, and that was delulu.
whateverrr, it's not that serious. also this is a very impressive debut novel, and I would definitely read whatever Barnes writes next.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
lefthandlou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Torture
Minor: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death
cannibaldear's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gore and Suicide
phoebewerling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
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gorey scenes and the description of themGraphic: Gore, Body horror, Death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Mental illness