peachieko's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Rape, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Addiction, Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death of parent
saybrina's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Self harm, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gore, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, and Mental illness
tasha20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Rape
cabrera_bre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Suicide, Pregnancy, Rape, Abortion, Sexual content, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, and Self harm
thee_neohasidist'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? Yes
1.0
Overall, trying to be as objective as possible, I think it was mediocre, edging on bad. Could do without the Try-Hard edginess, but I think there actually *was* a decent, intriguing love story hidden inside the shock value. I would not recommend this book to any other living soul.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Child death, Pregnancy, Rape, and Suicide
chramies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It's also very referential in the modern style and I do wonder if it isn't an Alternate-Universe version of "American Psycho," as in, Bateman wouldn't have made it as a businessman, he's more likely to have become a morgue attendant.
There's really nothing here we haven't seen in "Cows" or the works of Edward Lee (despite his avowed hatred of child abuse, dead baby abuse is not unknown in his works - and somehow Lee never gets called the 'dead baby guy,' the way Morrison does because of one character. In one novel). Well, ya know what they say. Disembowelment takes guts.
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Rape, and Suicide
necrophilia. Lots of it.scaredy_toad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Body horror, Abortion, Murder, Miscarriage, Gore, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexual content, Infidelity, Death, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Addiction
Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Death of parent, Cursing, and Fatphobia
cnashbrook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Gore, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide
catsy2022'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical content, Gore, and Sexual content
Moderate: Fatphobia
mixty's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Suicide, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Sexual assault