mrnicholas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Infidelity and Suicidal thoughts
chrisljm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Confinement
Moderate: Gore, Grief, Animal death, Bullying, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Excrement
doomluz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body horror, Death, Suicide, Animal death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual content and Infidelity
xta_07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
“I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life.”
This little novel was truly a work of art, silly, scary, and beautiful all at the same time. This has to be the most charming book I’ve ever read that’s been categorized as a “horror novel”.
Graphic: Child abuse and Death
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content
mariavdl's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Infidelity and Physical abuse
ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death and Child abuse
Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, and Animal death
Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content
ramalam98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
The illustrations are beautiful and really add to the atmosphere created by the mesmerising prose. I’m also impressed by the massive sense of nostalgia this book managed to cause: even though our main character grew up in a different era to me, Neil Gaiman really nailed the experiences of a bookish youth who struggles to understand other people. I also loved the hints at frustration over how differently younger siblings are often treated lol.
The world this book created is so good, Lettie and her ‘family’ are so interesting though I do feel like some of their ‘magic’ was quite conveniently not explained at times.
My only other complaint is that our main character is a bit of a blank slate at times without much special about him, especially as he grows. Though I do believe this may be the point lol. We grow up to become an adult we would not have understood as a child.
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Death and Animal death
Minor: Body horror, Confinement, and Infidelity
pussyslayer3000's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Moderate: Infidelity
abrdoodle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Infidelity
Minor: Death and Grief
fanchera's review
3.25
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Gore