Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Brutes by Dizz Tate

4 reviews

fepope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was beautiful and haunting. I usually read e-books but decided to get a physical copy and I am so glad I did. This book is marked up with highlighted lines that read like straight poetry. Dizz Tate did such an impactful and delicate job with the heavy topics (Content Warning for Brutes: CSA, mentions of animal (insect, technically) cruelty, and drug/alcohol abuse. There are likely more that I am not mentioning, so please look for a more detailed warning and take care of yourself.) This book is definitely meant to be read in a slow and purposeful way, and I'd argue that it will take me multiple reads to explore everything I wish within these girls' lives. Expect to be confused to most of the book, have a light-bulb moment towards the end, and to sit back after the last page confused again. I think those who disliked it because they didn't "get it" should retry with the understanding that THAT is the point. A gang of 13-year-old girls will only ever truly make sense to other 13-year-old girls, even when they don't even know themselves yet. Reading this book is like having minuscule, insignificant fragments of my young self come alive again.
 TL;DR: Weird Girlhood at It's Greatest, Proceed Slowly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Grief

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

The epitome of no plot just vibes. I enjoyed the prose of this book, and the setting was very appealing to someone who loves that ‘ethel cain southern gothic’ vibe, but i was confused the entire time i was reading this and i’m not sure if it was in a good or bad way? That may have been the point of the book, that girlhood and growing up is a confusing experience, so if that’s the case then i absolutely got that, but if it wasn’t then i have no idea what the point of the story was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bowelhaus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lowkey genius. i kinda wanted more and that was really the only flaw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism