charley_books's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Gore, and Injury/injury detail
johansene's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Fatphobia, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Torture
rjkadlick's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Murder, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Death, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
lilligray's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Toxic friendship, and Violence
sky_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Animal death, Death, Confinement, Toxic friendship, and Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, and Injury/injury detail
axeles's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, and Physical abuse
thearchivist03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Animal death, Death, Child death, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship
If you're wondering about any specifics, during one of the campfire scenes, there is a boy who rapes the dead pig on a spit. It's still debated if it actually happened, but majority of theories say yes. Lots of power dynamics really heavily learning into mob mentality and manipulation. The physical abuse are performed by the boys onto other boys. It never brinks onto anything sexual, though those topics do come up during analysis of the book.probablyalice's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Violence
lauryn_04'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
1.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Abandonment, and Gore
ladylovestead's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death and Bullying
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Murder, Abandonment, and Violence
Minor: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Animal death