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emily3954'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness
veronica214's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Wren's husband is diagnosed with a mutation that turns him into a great white shark. In this alternate world, people can have genetic illnesses that turn them into various animals. Wren and Lewis have to accept that their lives will change. Soon, Lewis won't be able to communicate or remember Wren. This is a story of adapting and moving on.
Graphic: Chronic illness and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Violence and Suicide attempt
marmoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
“What if the town is made of stories?” Margaret suggested in a crisp lightbulb moment, the kind of perfect and complete idea Lewis knew came only a few time in a lifetime.
If your heart swelled at the perfect and complete idea of community building through storytelling, you’ll probably like this novel. If you rolled your eyes a little and flashbacked to every unoriginal Oscars acceptance speech about the power of stories… hello, come sit by me.
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, and Pregnancy
lmszalay's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy
harrirl0'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? No
4.5
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death
dexlud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I believe the entire point of the book is to be a sort of comparison against dementia, especially with how the mutation progresses. The parallels are uncanny and it almost definitely reminds me of it.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
errie's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent
marmelb'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
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Pregnancy
burnourhistory'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: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion
hocuscrocus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Unfortunately, the book lost me in part 2. It's a lovely story, but it felt like too far a meander from the gut punch that was part one. If it were up to me, I would have had just the first part, about half of the third part, and the epilogue.
All that said, I whipped through this book like wildfire.
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Infertility and Abortion