mistymoon24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Incest, Rape, and Pedophilia
din_ha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
greyalder's review against another edition
Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Pedophilia
wagexwar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
lyfeistrip's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Gore, Death, Child death, Car accident, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Colonisation, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Torture, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Murder, and Sexual violence
booklover_17's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Incest, and Violence
parkeronii's review against another edition
lil1inblue's review against another edition
Graphic: Abortion, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Sexism
claudiasousa06's review against another edition
3.0
It took me about a month to read this book. I was always interested in knowing more, but information was constantly being dumped on me and I needed time to absorb it.
The thing is on many levels this story is fascinating, the way Anne rice wrote it was incredible. She was able to truly craft a perfect atmosphere and background to this story.
However, like I said it tended to be overwhelming because there was a lot to take in.
We spent a major part of this book just reading this family’s history. Although it was again fascinating, it was a struggle to get though.
I was always divided between wanting to know more and just wanting to resume the main action and follow Rowan and Michael.
Then it was frustrating as well, because Rowan is, on one hand, that typical horror heroine that can’t help but making the same mistakes that her ancestors did even though she possesses all the information necessary to prevent her from making those same mistakes. Sorry to sound repetitive, but I was really frustrated.
On the other hand, because she possesses this information she will be able to defeat the “evil” in the family!