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The Book of Etta by Meg Elison

4 reviews

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

hngisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

angelakay's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is the sequel to The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, which I read back in 2014 when it first came out, about a fever that kills a massive percentage of the global population–and kills women 10 times as often, and also makes pregnancy and childbirth fatal for mother and child more often than not. Etta takes place about 100 years later. A raider for the enlightened colony of Nowhere, led and managed by women, Etta’s job is to travel around to abandoned cities to collect useful relics and other materials–and also to free enslaved women and girls and bring them back to Nowhere where they can live free and full lives. On the road, Etta dresses as a man and goes by Eddie, which if she’s honest, has come to feel more authentic than living and dressing as Etta. The rare post-apocalypic sci-fi offering that also gets pretty deep into gender diversity territory, with Etta/Eddie and other characters as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

shontellereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.5

So once again I loved the way this was written and how deep into the psyche of the main character we went. However, this lacked the key aspect of the first book that I enjoyed- the "end of the world"ness / post pandemic setting. Instead it kind of just felt like a backward world with lots of cult vibes. What I did enjoy was the discussion around gender identity, it was really interesting and (in my not-own-voice opinion) well done. 
This was darker than the first book and I would really emphasise checking the TWs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Transphobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Abortion