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books_unraveling's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Animal cruelty
aparker89's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
kristiealexis's review against another edition
2.0
I'm also pretty sure the author is not familiar with the location she was writing in. Aside from the Maroons, there wasn't anything that rang true about the setting and sense of place is very important to me. Zero acknowledgement that the most rural part of the Great Dismal Swamp (on the west side) is still 15 minutes from a city of 100K and a popular pass-through for Virginia Beach. And on the east side you're like 15 minutes from Chesapeake/Norfolk and 400K people. So the rural comments kept making me roll my eyes. I also refuse to believe that the house wouldn't be swarmed with ghost hunters since the swamp is touted as the most haunted place in VA and ghost tourism is a thing there.
No mention of the wildlife refuge. Randomly brought up coal mines (in the Tidewater... bitch, where??) but not the absurd number of peanut farms. And so on. And I'm not even from there!
This is probably small for most people, but atmosphere and place is very important for me in a haunting book.
Graphic: Animal cruelty
curiouslykatt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicide
Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
readwithbells's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, and Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Slavery
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
ktrecs'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Vomit
painausten314'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide
jmbz38's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Abortion
tracyreads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty