erica_reads_things's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
A quick, interesting read. Good take on "zombies" and very well written. Sad but good! I would love to read a longer version to feel a bit more connected to the characters for the end to have that big emotional impact. But still a good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, and Suicide
Minor: Child death and Homophobia
st_ender's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
The novella deals with terminal illness in a very honest way, without making it into a festival of suffering. I don't know why this is labeled as horror- it's a love story, and a story about death, but it is not scary, just profoundly sad. But sad in a way that makes the reader better in the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness
Moderate: Gore and Infidelity
marisacarpico's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
4.25
The only other book I picked up at this year's BK Book Fest and, wow, what a find. Glad I ignored the awkwardness of knowing the author was sitting right there and didn't ignore the way this book kept drawing me back.
Beautifully written and felt. Sophisticated in everything from its understanding of the grief that springs from protracted terminal illness to the complexities of maintaining a romantic relationship. There is both beautiful language here and really compelling plotting, allowing one character to start at the beginning of the relationship and the other to track its end.
Beautifully written and felt. Sophisticated in everything from its understanding of the grief that springs from protracted terminal illness to the complexities of maintaining a romantic relationship. There is both beautiful language here and really compelling plotting, allowing one character to start at the beginning of the relationship and the other to track its end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Blood, Terminal illness, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Sexual content
angel_kiiss's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
This is so beautiful and yet so sad. I’d recommend this to everyone but yet no one. I want the world to read it and be moved to tears but I want to remain one of the few who ever open its pages. I want to be alone in my sadness and my mourning. I want to keep this as a little piece of myself that no one else ever gets to see. I want everyone to see it. I want to bond over our collective sorrow, over the tears we both have shed for a love we wish we had.
I loved this book and the only spoiler I’ll give is: if you, like my sister, are gay and have made a decision not to consume content where the gay person dies in the end, it’s perfectly okay if you don’t want to read this book. It’s not for everyone but it was for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity and Vomit
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