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langreader's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Suicide
Moderate: Incest and Murder
Minor: Ableism
austinisweird's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
tbh I didn't care for the main character or the smut
(there was no plot š)
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Reread:
I mentally pronounce Corvina name "Corona"
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Cursing and Death of parent
marinajonesreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
But I will say, the cover, binding and sprayed purple edges are beautiful. The purple and black is such a solid choice. Love the Verenmore gold foil.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Incest, Blood, and Death of parent
pastelbread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest, Torture, Blood, and Dementia
Passive parenting, depictions of corpseskinsportch'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: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Incest
xapoptosisx'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Grief
Minor: Incest and Pregnancy
cheriepie'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? Yes
0.5
A five star reading experience in a point five star book though. I donāt think Iāve ever laughed so much.
Graphic: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Dementia
Minor: Incest
The schizophrenia/psychosis in this book is handled with about as much care as your bags on Delta Airlines. Corvina's schizophrenia is almost always romanticized in some way (usually in the "maybe she has these hallucinations because she's so witchy and intuitive" way) and Vad is constantly making remarks about being her madness or whatever. Neither Corvina nor her mother have any symptoms of schizophrenia other than hallucinations, presumably because either the author did no research or because the other schizophrenia symptoms aren't very cool and mysterious. All this while also demonizing schizophrenia -- whilenatlren's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
0.25
"Hi my name is Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way and I have long black hair with purple streaks and red tips and blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people say I look like Amy Lee (A/N: if u don't know who dat is, get the hell out of here). I'm not related to Gerard Way but I wish I was because he's a major fucking hottie."
^ Skip reading this dumpster fire of a book and read the literary masterpiece that is the My Immortal fanfic. To be completely honest, the mysterious author of that can (and SHOULD) take Runyx to court for copyright infringement.
Anyways, this was the worst book I've ever read in my life. The writing was horribly stilted, the characters were juvenile, and the plot was a flimsy attempt at complexity that came across as--you guessed it--horrible.
The depiction of mental health, namely schizophrenia, in this book is absolutely abysmal and an insult to people who live with the condition. How this was picked up by a traditional publisher is beyond me. Where were the sensitivity readers? Where were the editors?
And the ending? The ENDING? Good god. This truly was our Gothikana.
If I never have to read the phrase "pebbled nipples" or the word "madness" ever again, it'll be too soon.
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Incest
direguard'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
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
lindsayhwrites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Incest