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andykmcc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Classism, Child death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Genocide, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and War
theasdertt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, and War
Moderate: Racial slurs and Mental illness
getradified's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Police brutality, War, Murder, Gore, Homophobia, and Rape
jacobinreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Bolano writes brilliantly and brutally. Tangled networks of motifs span the novel from beginning to end, and I'm sure I'll be puzzling through them for a while yet, though I will have to take pause before I return to his Santa Teresa.
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: War
mmcloe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I'm going to have to come back later and review this more fully after I have more time to digest everything. I don't know how to rate something like this.
A diary of total breakdown - academic, personal, artistic, legal, moral, discursive collapse of modern society. There's some respite and hope in huddling together and embracing the small pleasures of the senses, but not a ton. I'm reminded a lot of Delany's Dhalgren and Anzaldua's Borderlands. I'm left facing the ghost of Christmas future; is this a picture of what will be, or what may be?
Also all the true crime podcast listeners need to read this, especially the part about the crimes (one of the only sections of a novel I had to put down entirely).
Graphic: Rape, Death, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racial slurs, War, and Homophobia
coolbookguy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Torture, and War
emi98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: War, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence
themysteriouserk's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and War