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directorpurry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Confinement and Miscarriage
acemummerz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
sageysage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
chasingpages1's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
sbaryluk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Infertility
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
hannaheiserman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief
hmatt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Storytelling
I feel like the author was trying to fit too many events into too short of a narrative. This might have been okay, but there were so many minor events that I think we should have spent less time on, and a number of climactic events that we spent barely any time on whatsoever. A lot of these major events "fade to black" as soon as the action starts, and then we are caught up on what happened in retrospect later on - I was REALLY not a fan of this technique, and I don't think it made sense for the "western" genre.
Character-building
We do get a lot of information on most of the characters but, again, it's almost too much for how short of a book it is. What we lose out on, in my opinion, is a more profound emotional connection with the main character. We don't really dwell on her losses or feel them with her, which is extra strange given the whole novel is told in first-person.
TL;DR
The idea behind the novel is fantastic, but it tries to fit too much in. The concepts it seeks to explore are really only half-fleshed-out and the characters are hard to relate to, simply because the plot moves on too fast to hold space for these introspections.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Animal death and Drug abuse
CWs non-exhaustivecheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That being said, I don't think western stories are really for me? There's always such a deep pain and/or hopelessness within them that never seems to hit my catharsis button. This one came very close with each of the outlaw's backstories, but the ultimate plot just left me with, "Well. Okay."
This was definitely my favorite western I've ever read, though. Leagues above.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
ableism wrt: implied bipolar disorder (or perhaps other psychosis), implied post partum depression medical/injury content wrt: gunshot wounds, childbirth & miscarriage, castration, hypothermia, various illnesseskimveach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
taylahmay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Miscarriage and Abortion