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breadscorcher's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
If you're looking for something magical, this isn't it. If you're looking for something that ambles along the line of surreality and harsh realism, this is a story for you. If you're the sort of person who finds themself longing for more of the darkest, grimiest, and most forlornly beautiful portions of American Gods, this is the book for you.
But don't expect the break from those things that Neil Gaiman gives you, this is a story as bleak as history, and as much about the horror of the future as it is about the foundation that that present future is built upon.
If originality is your prime metric for whether you'll like a book, this has that. Whether or not the originality carries the book or not is subject to debate, but the experience was worth it for me.
It's unlike anything I've read for a good minute, and as a whole it stands apart from anything I would have read, but it's a beautiful rendition of that.
Ironically, this book includes several portions dedicated to the last book I finished, To Kill A Mockingbird, and unironically, it seems that the author was in a similar, albeit darker, mood. Race, sex/gender, and class inequality surround the story, but aren't the subject of it, necessarily.
Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Infertility, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail
bgmylc's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
fancyjess_party's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Blood, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
tey_lynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent