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rosebache's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Torture
Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
Minor: Vomit
irodori_megu's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
thelizzielibrary's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
3.0
It's weird... I don't read these types of books often, so I found it very weird, but enjoyable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Torture, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Eating disorder, Violence, and War
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
mikaelarose's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The beginning of the book is slow… it almost feels like a collection of short stories… but in the end it all comes together and really pays off… great ending
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
mdpenguin's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was decent but could have been better, I think, if it had committed either to focusing more on the freak-show short stories or on developing the Kafkaesque story of the accidental research assistant. As it was, I feel like the two aspects of the book detracted a bit form each other. I'd read one of the stories about a symptomer and then feel jerked into the research assistant's story. Once I'd gotten into that and wanted to see where it was going, I was interrupted by one of the symptomer stories. The balance was just off for me. The same kind of goes for the humor: it was decent but could have been better. I smiled a lot but never so much as chuckled and I couldn't tell you a single thing that elicited one of those smiles. Honestly, I don't feel that the book was enjoyable enough to be worth having to read a first-person perspective of being tortured. I feel like that could have gone better and without losing the surreal sense of helplessness that it invoked. I don't think that this book will stick with me much, but it wasn't a bad read. I suspect that I'd try something else by the author if someone recommended it to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
ninjamuse's review against another edition
challenging
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Torture
moa's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Torture
funcharge's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Torture
kcsadowsky's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Torture
Minor: Eating disorder
olivefoil's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence