lorraine19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
<SPOILERS> I did find the ending to be disappointing but this is more of a personal preference. It just felt like it didn't match the tone of the rest of the book with it being all "oh everything turned out okay". I really wish he kept the tone dark or even left it more open ended. <SPOILERS>
Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Blood, Animal death, and Gore
Minor: Torture, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Starvation, survival, cannibalismnerdkitten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Slavery
minzzi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
And I do have to give this book a few points for not forgetting that the main character would definitely have PTSD from everything he went throw, like so many modern sci-fi and fantasy storys do.
However, most of the story is this style of writing I don't really like. is just: "this happened and then this happened and then that happened", over and over again. There is almost no time to breath and the description of things and people are very surface level.
Also, there was this anoying thing were the author just drops names of random parts of England with no further explanation or description of the place. Like, in sorry sir, but not everyone who reads this book has the map of all the streets of London memorised.
Minor: Murder, Confinement, Death, and War
bookishchef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Death, Sexism, Genocide, Body horror, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, and Gore
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Confinement, Cannibalism, Child death, and Misogyny
trulydevious's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Gore
Moderate: War, Violence, Murder, and Blood
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Confinement
anjasshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Blood