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nicosta_music'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Rape, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying and Vomit
avareadsoccasionally's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Cannibalism
booksthatburn's review against another edition
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
c_serpent's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I didn't care about any of these characters, though, and I thought the ending was stupid.
A star has been given for Libby and Darren's relationship because siblings are everything. A star has been given for the truck-stop, American Gothic, liminal space feeling that Jones crafts in this novel. A star has been awarded for Grace Ellen. A star has been removed for the death of a grizzly bear. Another star has been removed for a lot of the characters being unlovable, albeit realistic.
Total score: 3/5 stars
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror
Moderate: Gore and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
nerodyne's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, and Antisemitism
eisenbuns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Rape
aformeracceleratedreader's review
Sucks because I loved My Heart is a Chainsaw. I'll try another book by this author and hopefully it isn't like Mongrels.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lynxpardinus's review
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Pedophilia
Contains discussion of bestiality - as well as a scene where a werewolf in shift is mounted by a dog, albeit evidently against her will.Antisemitism warning is just in case, for a chapter that involves a Jewish cemetery.
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, and Pedophilia
childofmongreldogs's review
5.0
The elements of horror and sadness are so strong. Gore heavy and a difficult read in some places despite it's length and the absolute readability of it. I have so many thoughts and how the lycanthropy relates to intergenerational trauma, the mysticism of families, poverty, etc. Just absolutely masterful.
Despite the feeling of sadness I got reading the ending, it was surprising how hopeful the ending truly was. In a book that was frequently so bleak and painful, the idea that there's a possibility for a happy ending was euphoric. I don't know what to say except that this is probably my top read this year and possibly this decade.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism