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readingsofaslinky's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death
mgseaton01's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
scarroll178's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
But the ending felt pretty
Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is one of those books that is purposefully unclear for the first, like, 75%, until you’re granted some grand revelation that’s supposed to make it all make sense. Except I still had more questions than answers at the end of this story, and feeling lost the entire time didn’t make for a very enjoyable reading experience for me.
The writing was beautiful and descriptive yet very cryptic in nature, which made it hard to connect with the protagonist and the story. I think I’d need to re-read this two or three times before having a clearer understanding of what’s going on. There’s definitely some allegorical meaning at play here, and if I had to guess, something to do with generational trauma.
Huge trigger warning for pregnancy and childbirth which is depicted in probably the gnarliest way I’ve ever encountered.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Confinement and Infertility
Minor: Excrement
_fallinglight_'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
2.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt
rmphyllis's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
ericarobyn's review
4.0
There is a beautiful note at the start of this book that readers should review –
“For my readers, Flowers for the Sea contains depictions of infant harm and death, the realities of birth, and generational trauma.“
Graphic: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
vigil's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
if you entered this book for the sea creature element, and you enjoyed the commentary on trauma, and all the other shit that fucked up baby started spouting towards the end, read the deep by rivers solomon, which a better take on the subjects by a mile.
this book tried to posit itself and its character work as something it wasn’t, and this is at it’s clearest in the ending, that is meant to be a kind of reclamation of oneself and autonomy, but to the reader, evidently less concerned with symbolism than the author, it comes across as a new kind of chain. really, the prose is lovely, and the atmosphere is strong, rocklyn conveys very visceral horror and emotions through the protagonist’s experience, but there’s really nothing in this book that justifies reading it.
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
bluebrooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion
rosesofthespring'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? It's complicated
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Alcohol
This story largely revolves around a pregnancy and traumatic birth. The main character is a member of a persecuted racial and religious minority, who faces bigotry throughout.