The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
changelingreader_adrian'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? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Dementia, Body horror, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Emotional abuse
duckleberryferry's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fatphobia, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Self harm
juliaaa02's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Dementia, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pedophilia, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Self harm, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
graveyardreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Rape
rottencalzone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Dementia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Biphobia
ryankaybee'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Violence, Dementia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, and Mental illness
literaryliaisons's review against another edition
- Absolutely no buildup of suspense. The protagonist goes mad in the first 30 seconds and the thought of 388 pages of his addle-brained whining made me want to hurl my kindle into the sea
- The only woman in the story is a plot device and nothing more. Cutter completely deletes her from the narrative until it suits him to remind us that she exists. Remarkable that Cutter can lose track of one of FOUR characters on an undersea base in the Mariana fucking Trench.
- Literally do not give a rat’s ass about 80% of the flashbacks, which make up about half of the entire book. So unnecessary.Â
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
dromedaryreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That being said, I still very much liked this book. The amount of background given on the main character alone made it worth the read, and I do love how so much of the things casually mentioned about his childhood are circled back to and become bigger, more important things.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Sexual content and Torture
singerofstories's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, and Dementia
amberinbookland's review against another edition
1.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Death, Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Excrement, Dementia, Cursing, Confinement, Body horror, and Blood