The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
schrodingers_clown'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? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Murder, Blood, Violence, and Physical abuse
renyoi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Body horror, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Colonisation, Animal death, and Child abuse
Minor: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
s_lorenz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence
niccisbooked's review
- 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
2.75
I read a lot of reviews before I started, so maybe that helped set my expectations: Most of this book is like trying to interpret someone else's fever dream. The late chapters are where the "fairytale" starts to come together a bit
Now, some very spoiler thoughts:
The most solid answer we get for the plot is, of course, the game of Change About, where players change roles when told and can never go back to what they once were. The changing roles of this story being: Goody, Eliza, Captain Jane, and Granny Someone. Hope is always the same, and what her name implies. Red Boy, though the "same," is born anew from the hearts of each Eliza ... I think Red Boy is Rage because rage in your heart is mentioned towards the end, by Faith. Each woman had a lot of rage in her, and it can be used for good/evil/everything in between ... I'm fairly satisfied with my interpretation here. As for the neverending cycle, I saw some reviews suggest it's the cycle of abuse ... but, though abuse features heavily, I'm not sure that it fits for the woods/the cycle. Then again, I'm not sure what I would call it! Maybe madness, or suffering, or ... traps of our own making? Idk! Thats just my thoughts :'D
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Animal death, Death, and Violence