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ourvelvetscars'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
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War
hanyaya's review against another edition
3.75
I found Grey and Jason just so uninteresting that I didn't want to spend time with them, and the idea that she'd become the most popular hostess by talking about her studies of Nanjing and asking the men if their families had committed war crimes there was strange, but whatever. Grey felt a little like she wasn't a character so much as whatever she needed to be in the moment -- rash and emotional at one moment, calm and rational the next. Patient enough to wait years, impatient enough to be incapable of a conversation that gives us information. Smart enough to study this for so long and figure out the puzzle, that the twist of her ignorance no longer felt genuine but rather just convincing herself, and maybe that's the point.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Blood, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Sexual assault
aknaag's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
But let me just say, the MC is so boring and unbearable like she is so? Lame…? Like I couldn’t care less about her part of the plot, I was only keen on other aspects or other characters on the book. She was as plain as soggy oatmeal. Also gave me Asian fetish vibes but that’s just me.
I want to say nothing really, disturbed or shocked me? I want to say that’s because I’m either super desensitized which isn’t shocking or that I was very prepared for the worst considering the most unspeakable did happen in real life. But I wanna say I wasn’t expecting what happened irl to be written and fleshed out in a purely fictional story solely out of respect, so I understand that.
It’s just…. Parts of the story really bored me personally. The MC was just… girl have some personality lmao you’re so fucking BORING.
Anyway that *one* scene or the climax? The whole point of the plot when it finally played out, it was so heartbreaking and fucking tragic nonetheless, had me gasping and just all around so fucking sad that it happened , and to say most likely happened IRL??
All I gotta say is Japan had the craziest rebranding.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ad1t1s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence
velvetcelestial's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, and Violence
girlpuck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
cappitak'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
jiao_li's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, and War
Minor: Rape
ggcd1981'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War
Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
sasisaskia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Sexual harassment, and War
Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Cannibalism