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laurenbaggy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Grief, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement
darkefyres's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Animal death
Minor: Infidelity and Medical content
mixtebaby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Abandonment, Death, and Death of parent
ludmireads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
And I enjoyed it! It was a bit darker than I thought, but I loved that. I’m mad that it took me so long to listen to my friend and read it because younger me would absolutely love this!
There was one thing that was very confusing and that I didn’t like that much and it was the format (NOTE: I read the Czech translation and have no idea if this is in other languages too). It was kinda weird that the paragraphs weren’t visibly separated. I’m used to stopping in the middle of chapters so sometimes I had no idea where I stopped reading and it’s also “aesthetically” not that pleasing.
Graphic: Grief, Blood, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
bybookandbone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Well, I was wrong. I absolutely loved this book! While I really wish the MC wasn't named Grubbs (tbh all of the names bar Dervish and Meera are kinda terrible).
The deaths and demons are much more graphic than I thought. In fact, I got this book in the children's section of my local library, bottom self even... So I might mention it to the librarians, this is a young adult book. It deals with family death, infidelity, metal health, mental health institutions and pretty graphic violence.
The story is somewhat meandering, which works for this particular book as so much of it is the set up for this world. It's a great first entry.
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement
Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis