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venice_the_vampire's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault
religious trauma !!!mixmousereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria
emjams'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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Outing, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Alcohol
This book has basically every imaginable TW on it EXCEPT for sexual assault, but even that is briefly touched on. Benji has trauma from assault, but only from physical/emotional abuse, not SA.errie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rachelditty'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
Quotes that I like, and by "like" I mean shook me to my core at times:
"The second thing Dad told me... was that if the Angels want to get their hands on me, I have to make them suffer for it," (p. 5).
"I'm begging the same way I pray," (p. 22).
"If grief gets caught in my body like it's tangled up with burrs, the least I can do is support the people who can actually feel something. The least I can do is help the people who are helping me. That's what it means to be good," (p. 49).
"You could have cracked open his chest and read the gospels in his entrails," (p. 63).
"Mom's voice, hissing behind my shoulder the way the Devil spoke through the fangs of a snake in Eden," (p. 68).
"I understood how the Angels could radicalize somebody. Eternal life and a sky like this could convince a lot of people to join their cause. But that beauty is always dragged down by the desperate hands of the billions of people who were slaughtered to make it," (p. 83).
"Revelation 21:1 -- And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.
No, the first heaven and the first earth were murdered," (p. 122).
"Do you believe in God?
--I do, please stop, there's so much blood," (p. 295).
"Their smiles don't look right anymore. Or maybe they've always been this wrong," (p. 316).
"I'll live up to the name and lay it at an honored resting place at their graves... If they want me to be a monster one step closer to God, that's fine. In what world was their God ever a benevolent one?" (p. 354-355).
"You'd burn the world down if you thought it'd finally make you happy with what you're supposed to be in this life," (p. 385).
Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, and Medical content
elazza3540'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
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
simplythegirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death and Gun violence
abookwormspov'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
alyxinthestars'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
meganpbell'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
I found some of the world-building and the last hour or so confusing, and I expected more flashbacks/backstory, but I am so grateful this book exists and wish I’d had it as a teen myself.
Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Blood
Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria
Minor: Animal death and Body shaming