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storyonlystory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Classism
morebedsidebooks's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
ruthypoo2'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Kidnapping
Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Blood, and Grief
thebooksanctuary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death
georgiarybanks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Minor: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
bunbobabe'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
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
If I had to quickly summarize this book I’d say it’s Heathers meets the Craft meets Psycho. It’s about mean girls and toxic friendships and obsession and madness.
This book places queer, female desire at its center as it explores the horrors of adolescence and aging, the thin line between pleasure and pain, and the many dualities of womanhood. It combines angst and madness in a way that cautions (strongly) against uncontrolled desire.
Jawbone is a truly disturbing book. Not just with its imagery (which can be downright gross) but also with the very composition of the prose. With each subordinate clause and parenthetical remark within parenthetical remark, the reader grows more and more uncomfortable and the foreboding and claustrophobic atmosphere intensifies.
This is Ojeda’s first book to be translated into English and all I can say is man, I can’t wait for more.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Classism
Minor: Animal death
biblioghoul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Body shaming and Religious bigotry
thatenbyisisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
interpersonalbs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abortion