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emiliosandoz'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? Yes
5.0
for anyone who doesn’t know uhhh huge r*pe tw
ALSO A LOT OF SPOILERS!!!
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma
arayo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Cannibalism
Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy
brenna_kcw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Trafficking, Murder, and War
Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
The book includes a lot of descriptions of a character with intense and ongoing mental and physical illness including vomiting, body horror/medical consent stuff, which would be more difficult for some audiences. There is a VERY explicit although I wouldn’t say gratuitous description of rape. It centers the fear and horror of rape which is better than the often creepy sexualisation of rape, but it’s really awful to read so pls be aware, it’s within the last 2 chapters that any graphic description is made, the rest is vague.tauboi's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder
vespasiana'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: Body horror, Death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Cannibalism
Minor: Child death and Trafficking
While all the above things do happen in the book, both on and off screen, the bulk of the plot is about the “before” and “after”. Very little of the extreme or moderate stuff is shown for long, but is referenced very frequently in the “after” sections as something the main character is dealing from the fallout of.nouveau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy
conqueringsquid'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
smallredboy'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? No
5.0
Edit a few days after this fact: This is a complex book. It's very much Jewish, even when it deals largely with Jesuits, as it gives you a thousand questions about God (including the good ol' "if God exists, why do horrible things happen?" question) but provides exactly zero answers (maybe half an answer), which is very much a Jewish thing to do. The characters are alive, almost too alive, enough for the foregone conclusion to hurt even before it happens. The way it deals with trauma (mental, physical and sexual) is realistic and cathartic, believable; I feel for Emilio deeply. While I don't know much about science, most of it felt pretty realistic, and I absolutely adored the focus on anthropology and linguistics, as that I understand some more of. The non-linear narrative makes it better, in my opinion; the sinking dread having an understanding of what's going to happen while hope is still high in the air is incredible.
It's a very heavy book, with a thousand trigger warnings to be given. But if you can read it, I really do recommend it.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy
Minor: War
writetorun's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Trafficking
lesbegays'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation