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neonskylite's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I never understood people who read Lolita and are so charmed by Humbert they forget that he's a pedophile. And then I read this book and that distinct first-person narrative voice of Merricat draws you in when she is childish and psychopathic and spends most of the book doing complicated rituals that have no effect on her world because this isn't a magic realist book just Merricat being disconnected from reality and yet,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Bullying, Dementia, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty
Incestuous themes: Charles is trying to marry his cousin, Constance, and they take on aspects of the Blackwood parents during their "courtship", or at least from Merricat's point of view. And Merricat and Constance are so thoroughly enmeshed with each other...halfhope's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Nothing really surprised me in this book, not because of the writing (it was good), but because plot was very predictable and I didn't care about the characters, except the cat. If you're like me always worry about animal's destiny in books/media, the cat in this book is alive and ok! . I was dissatisfied we didn't really get a reason for what happened with the family, but I guess that's what the author intended to do.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty
lucdiamant's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Unfortgettable narrator. Funny and painful and magical all at once. Quite feminist in a twisted way. Layers and layers of subtext, but not in a way that keeps you outside of the story.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty
lollipopkenny123's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Weird in the best way possible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty
leggatkat's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty
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