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readerfromtheblacklagoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
mijtje's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
”There is nothing wrong with being a monster”
This is a very, very dark and twisted alternative conclusion to the story of The Little Mermaid. After murdering her prince, she travels together with a plague doctor, running into a village of children they then try to save. It’s a beautiful (and disgusting) story about love in a horrible world, and refusing to give up on each other.
The writing, however, is pretentious. The author seems to have written it with thesaurus.com to replace all normal-sounding words with the most uncommon, obscure and complex alternatives she could find. Words with one vowel? Nope. Not in this book. Even my e-reader’s dictionary struggled to keep up.
It’s a shame, because underneath the overly complicated language, the writing itself is quite good and poetic.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
meg_thebrave's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
kristae1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma
laurenbookishtwins's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
"It is always interesting to see how often women are described as ravenous when it is the men who, without exception, take without thought of compensation."
A man-eating mermaid meets a non-binary plague doctor after her daughters have eaten their princely father and ravaged the kingdom, and together, they flee. On their travels, they stumble upon a cult of children who worship three saints and find themselves in danger. THE SALT GROWS HEAVY is The Little Mermaid meets Frankenstein, a grisly fairytale horror with heavy and poetic prose—trigger warnings: bodily horror, blood and gore, miscarriage, dismemberment, cannibalism.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
snackattackisback69'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
leafhead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
gauriraut'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
hellsjerome's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Torture, and Pregnancy
paigehf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy