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alexlouise97'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rosaelia'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I dropped (not DNF'd; I'll pick it back up eventually) Cows for this one. And boy oh boy, am I glad that I did.
I grew to love
The ending was somewhat confusing, though?
Anyway, it was a fabulous read! Sort of a slow start once it focuses on the boys, but it was very worth it.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cursing and Vomit
Minor: Excrement and Alcohol
crispr_breadboard'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Confinement, Police brutality, and Abandonment
Insects - GRAPHIC Illness - GRAPHICcowbrotherx'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
amsswim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Abandonment
soaphest's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship
leigha_bugz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
cepbreed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Cutter does such a great job characterizing the boys of Troop 52. They make mistakes, they're full of angst and curiosity. The relationships between the boys are complex and I absolutely loved the layers to this. In the first half of the book, I found all of them to be little shits. This continued until the end, but I also realized I was being unfair to these characters. And maybe it was the point to despise them all a little bit.
The structure of this story, traditional chapters intermingled with newspaper articles, interviews, research logs etc was unconventional and I enjoyed it so much. The story wouldn't be the same without it. I read the acknowledgments for once and turns out Cutter was inspired to do this by Stephen King's Carrie, so maybe that will be one of my next reads.
Songs:
- Sick of Being Young - Krooked Kings
- Christmas Kids - ROAR
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia and Excrement
ladyinverse'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
major tw for very descriptive animal death/cruelty from pages 194-198 specifically about a cat. i couldn't read those pages but just glanced to see when it ended.princess_marie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Blood
Minor: Abandonment