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littlemissgemreads's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
quabbityash's review
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy
readingwmiles's review
5.0
Biiiig trigger warning for this one. Almost every page of this is brutal. However, the violence in this story never came across as heavy handed or unnecessary. I feel like it’s because a woman wrote it? It was all realistic and showed a unique perspective. It puts the reader right in Suzy’s mind, creating sympathy for a character that could easily be demonized. It brings a lot of moral questions to mind. While I wish it was longer, I think every word of this novella packed a punch. There were so many memorable passages. The commentary on cycles of abuse was powerful, with no clear negative or positive conclusion drawn. I couldn’t put this book down and I’m so glad I gave it a chance. Highly disturbing and thought provoking.
meowllyn's review
1.0
someone tried really hard to be edgy and I cringed with every page I read. don't waste your time.
lunababybat's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It was good, fine. But it felt like something was missing. To me, at least, it wasn't really splatterpunk. It was disturbing at first, but once the two siblings set off, it really didn't do much aside from a lot of introspection. Which is fine, but not what I was looking for in an extreme horror book. I can tell the author was trying to convey a message, but I'm not sure what it was by the end. Writing itself was fine, more character driven than anything, but it just was missing something.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
angus_mckeogh's review
1.0
Literary horror? All I can say is this shouldn’t be a genre. Not entertaining. Not thought provoking. Not particularly well-written. Sometimes when you go for the trifecta you miss on every count. An attempt at being genre expanding ends in horrific death by bored disgust.