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Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

29 reviews

sgrunwald96's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.25

A sad and thoughtful book in a ridiculous, funny setting. Dark and hard at times but you find yourself rooting for the characters and hurting for them in turn. I also learned a lot about taxidermy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism

grey_jayne's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Mostly Dead Things is beautiful in its fuckedupness and authentically queer. The taxidermy details and animal hard could be too intense for some. Totally not my usual kind of book, but in some ways it very much is, as indicated by the above. This book is such a strong debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Infidelity, Gore, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ruffian23's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

nolalee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

One part taxidermist field guide, three parts dysfunctional family.
Mostly Dead Things is a story that opens in Florida with a third generation taxidermist, Jessa-Lynn Morton, dealing with her current lot in life. Her father's suicide, her mother's grief, and her own abandonment by the woman she loved. This book is a beautifully sweet, darkly funny, and empathetic (albeit cringe inducing) journey of finding oneself again after tragedy. 
The writing is equally elegant and down right gross. Who knew you could have an existential moment as Arnett describes skinning an alligator! Overall, I adored this book and all of it's difficult self discovery journey. There are moments when I wanted to jump through the pages and smack some sense into Jessa and the whole Morton family. But that's life isn't it?
"We spent so much time looking for pieces of ourselves in other people that we never realized they were busy searching for the same things in us."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Terminal illness

rachellemarcotte's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Cancer

joohd_73's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was good, but it ambled a bit too much for my taste. I kept wondering when it would pick up a little and the “tipping point” that the blurb described would come, and then I finished the book. I would probably read it again, I just thought that it was missing something to really make it amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, and Vomit

makbrandt's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Gore

ajmacdougall93's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

just had a hard time liking/relating to the characters to be honest. I also expected a bit more dark humor, but it was more melancholy than I expected. not a badly written book by any stretch, just not really for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

3.5

What the fuck did I just read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Gore, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infidelity, and Suicide