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avacadosocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
black_cat_iiix's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
katndrsn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Death
quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
mayblegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.0
"On a separate note, the importation of 21st-century notions of gender and sexuality into 19th-century America is distracting. Even the bad guy apologizes for using the wrong pronoun"
And it's true. 19th century America had its own interesting conceptions of gender, but this book didn't pick up any of those. It just transported modern characters who behaved like modern people into the American Western genre. Consequently, the internal validity of the plot really suffered. I feel like it just wasn't picking what it wanted to be. On the one hand it wants to be speculative fantasy fiction, in which non orthodox gender identity and such would be 100 percent fine, but on the other, it's trying to be a serious discussion of a historical what if, with none of the nuances that such an assemblage of characters would entail.
So it's such a mishmash that it ends up feeling like nothing.
Minor: Animal death
studaslop's review against another edition
4.0
My biggest issues with the novella really come down to the “-la” part—it’s too short! There are scenes and relationships I wish we could’ve seen develop more, and the third act felt rushed despite the fast-paced but balanced first and second acts.
All in all, though, I’m definitely going to get my hands on the sequel. I had a blast listening to the story. I *highly* recommend the audiobook. Some of the accents are suspect, but it’s very well done, really helps place you into the setting, and augments the campiness of it all.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Gore
oliverreeds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
booksandteatime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Rep: Nonbinary, pan/queer?, bitheoldestbennetsister's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury