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jmbibliophile's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
SO BIZARRE, but I could not stop reading. I both loved and hated when Kate would end a story abruptly at a tense moment. It was very unsettling (and unsatisfying at times), but it worked so well for this group of stories. The last story is in the same world as the first, and they are a complete contrast of one other, which I thought was a smart and creative way to end this book. Overall, I definitely recommend if you like weird or want to try something completely different. These stories will stick with you!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Medical trauma
Minor: Death
anarchist_al's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
This collection of short stories is the feminist take on horror of my dreams. Each female main character felt like an exploration and exaggeration of an aspect pf myself. I understood their impulses and descents into madness. I felt their pain and their sorrow and their resignation. Even the very few stories with a man as the main character felt feminist, focusing on universal experiences like the inherent fallacies of your own memory, or taking the concept of being swallowed up by an abusive relationship to the extreme. Lots of body horror and gaslighting and dating gone wrong and I loved it all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
beccam22's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Read this if you like:
🖤🪞Black Mirror
🌀🪄 A.S. King
🔪💉Light Horror
Out there - 5 ⭐️
The last woman on earth -5⭐️
Heart seek brain -4⭐️
The void wife -3⭐️
Shelter - 4⭐️
The head in the floor - 2⭐️
Tahoe - 2⭐️
The bone ware - 5⭐️
Doe eyes - 2⭐️
The houses beating heart - 2 ⭐️
A scale model of gull point - 4⭐️
Dating a somnambulist -2 ⭐️
Moist house - 4 ⭐️
The turkey rumble - 3⭐️
Big Sur - 5⭐️
Going off average of the stories this is a 4⭐️ for me but the 5s really stood out and the writing was brilliant
I really wanted Roger and Meg from the story Big Sur to the the miss match couple from Out There, I wanted a happy ending for them instead of the happy ending for him. Im also curious when in Megs timeline the first story was because they had a second wave of blots that Meg never seemed to mention
🖤🪞Black Mirror
🌀🪄 A.S. King
🔪💉Light Horror
Out there - 5 ⭐️
The last woman on earth -5⭐️
Heart seek brain -4⭐️
The void wife -3⭐️
Shelter - 4⭐️
The head in the floor - 2⭐️
Tahoe - 2⭐️
The bone ware - 5⭐️
Doe eyes - 2⭐️
The houses beating heart - 2 ⭐️
A scale model of gull point - 4⭐️
Dating a somnambulist -2 ⭐️
Moist house - 4 ⭐️
The turkey rumble - 3⭐️
Big Sur - 5⭐️
Going off average of the stories this is a 4⭐️ for me but the 5s really stood out and the writing was brilliant
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Sexism
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