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Leech by Hiron Ennes

14 reviews

missbrookss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

I haven't read anything quite like this in my life. There were so many interesting concepts (some of which surely went over my head) it was so smart. The writing was delightfully disturbing in its depiction of disease, isolation and the harsh environment. The characters were layered and utterly fascinating. Love what it had to say about parasites, capitalism, power and agency. I can't wait to see what else this author writes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dernhelms_bag's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

lexi17d's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What..? This book was such a wild ride right from the start all the way to the last page.

Leech is a dark sci-if following a doctor who travels to a remote town to research a mysterious illness that has killed the previous doctor of the town. I can’t say much more about the plot without spoiling anything, but trust me when I tell you this book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.

The beginning of this book has a dense scientific prose which took me a little while to get used to, but once the technical terminology settled down, this book was such a tense and exciting read. As the debut novel of Hiron Ennes, consider me impressed.
I did feel as though the ending was a little too abrupt. It could have benefited from having an extra 20 or so pages to close the book out, and I still feel as though there are some questions that are left unanswered. Besides these critiques, this was an incredible debut novel and I cannot wait to read more novels by this author.
TWs included in review

Received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail