salemander's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Cultural appropriation, and Grief
brittni_in_ink's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Minor: Gun violence, Abandonment, Grief, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol
potatogrr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Racism, Gun violence, Murder, and Cultural appropriation
asexualandriod'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: Abandonment, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Alcoholism
Minor: Sexual content
The content warnings for drug use and addiction are in reference to the alien lifeforms that are present in the book. They are microscopic, in things like food and water, and their elevated presence exhibits similar symptoms to highs from drugs. The narrative surrounding the aliens is often framed as an addiction.drlove2018's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cultural appropriation and Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Medical content and Violence
cheye13'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
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, and Drug abuse
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Racism, Medical content, and Body horror
The Seep is spoken of as a drug/narcotic.bookbunnie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Don’t read this book if themes of grief are uninteresting to you, or you don’t like talking bears.
This is a quick read that made me cry and laugh in turns. I love the tempered optimism of an attainable utopia that still promises personal growth, of a benevolent creature that may know what’s technically best for us but might not always get it right. If speculative fiction is your thing, I would highly suggest this.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief
Moderate: Cultural appropriation
Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
yavin_iv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, and Drug use
Moderate: Medical content, Cultural appropriation, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Transphobia
ireadinbed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
But for some reason I was really drawn in by Trina. In so many ways she feels alien to me, but also very very relatable.
I got very invested in all the little elements of this story. Nothing ever really feels explained, like a Miyazaki movie, but in the end it comes together.
I cried a lot reading this book.
I think I would have given it a five if I wasn't briefly worried about the eventual end the book came to. It did work out but I kinda thought it was turning into a dystopia at one point.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Body horror
Moderate: Cultural appropriation
bentherrien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts