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vstarlight'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: Gore, Cannibalism, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Drug abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders
ofi's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, and Death
rachelunabridged'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
3.75
Graphic: Classism, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Deadnaming, Alcohol, Transphobia, and Colonisation
bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Violence, Gore, Murder, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Drug abuse, Transphobia, Colonisation, and Deadnaming
phantompansy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Murder, Colonisation, Cursing, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Death
Minor: Transphobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction
msbedelia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Death and Classism
Minor: Deadnaming and Transphobia
rainbowalcremie1995'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
I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this book. I definitely liked it overall, but it took me a while to finish it. I bought the book a few months back, read the first few chapters, put it down for a bit when the pacing got a bit slow, and finally started over and finished the book over the last few weeks. Â
I have two chapters I would consider my favorites. The first is Carter’s chapter, which works as a great standalone story about an awful, awful person becoming a victim to something he created. Something I love about that chapter is that
I feel like the ending of the book wrapped things up a little neatly, but I didn’t mind. I loved the scenes of all these different characters we’ve been in the heads of getting to interact with each other in a strange setting. It might have been sort of anticlimactic and convenient to
As a last aside, I (like everyone else) listened to the Magnus Archives podcast sometime before reading this book. I liked the podcast, but I never considered myself a huge fan of it, and I fell behind and never finished it, either. If you’re a big fan of the podcast, though, I will say this book is pretty similar in tone and themes, with both using the real world horrors of capitalism and class divides in addition to the supernatural elements. Â
Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Slavery, and Deadnaming
You probably listened to the Magnus Archives first. You know about what to expect.kaitlinonfire's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Classism, and Violence
thespian_lesbian's review
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Transphobia, Racism, and Classism
bowlofspaghetti'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Classism and Cannibalism