madzior57's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
tobyyy's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
This was a mostly enjoyable read, a military slash legal thriller slash murder mystery.
The one thing that dinged my overall rating down from 4 stars was this sentence: “After his kidnap, he’d been diagnosed as having a form of autism which amongst other things made him incapable of empathising with other people” (p.364).
Ummm. WHAT.
1) People with autism/autistic people FEEL EMPATHY. I am so tired of hearing this stupid stereotypical assumption that neuro-atypical people are incapable of empathy just because they don’t demonstrate it the same way that neurotypical people do.
2) You don’t “develop” autism after a traumatic event. It’s not PTSD. Don’t make it sound like the two are linked.
And then later in the book, the brilliant hacker character is talking with an eminent psychiatrist who confronts the hacker’s “inability” to have close personal connections and suggests medication and CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to address that.
Again — NO!!! CBT may be helpful to address fallacies and cognitive distortions related to not having close personal connections/relationships. Also helpful to address any self-esteem issues or loneliness/depression related to the world being an unforgiving place for people who are not neurotypical. But for someone with autism, to actually address the concrete lack of meaningful relationships? Social skills training and psychoeducation and DEFINITELY NOT MEDICATION unless it’s for a comorbid issue like clinical depression or anxiety (which was not made explicit in the book, so it’s just me extrapolating now).
Why do people try to use therapy, psychiatry, and related things in a book without actually doing their damn research? It’s NOT THAT HARD to find sources for the information I’ve provided. God. A huge pet peeve of mine is authors who skimp on their research and because mental health is a “popular topic,” they decide that the articles they’ve read on Facebook or Buzzfeed are sufficient. Ugh.
This was a mostly enjoyable read, a military slash legal thriller slash murder mystery.
The one thing that dinged my overall rating down from 4 stars was this sentence: “After his kidnap, he’d been diagnosed as having a form of autism which amongst other things made him incapable of empathising with other people” (p.364).
Ummm. WHAT.
1) People with autism/autistic people FEEL EMPATHY. I am so tired of hearing this stupid stereotypical assumption that neuro-atypical people are incapable of empathy just because they don’t demonstrate it the same way that neurotypical people do.
2) You don’t “develop” autism after a traumatic event. It’s not PTSD. Don’t make it sound like the two are linked.
And then later in the book, the brilliant hacker character is talking with an eminent psychiatrist who confronts the hacker’s “inability” to have close personal connections and suggests medication and CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to address that.
Again — NO!!! CBT may be helpful to address fallacies and cognitive distortions related to not having close personal connections/relationships. Also helpful to address any self-esteem issues or loneliness/depression related to the world being an unforgiving place for people who are not neurotypical. But for someone with autism, to actually address the concrete lack of meaningful relationships? Social skills training and psychoeducation and DEFINITELY NOT MEDICATION unless it’s for a comorbid issue like clinical depression or anxiety (which was not made explicit in the book, so it’s just me extrapolating now).
Why do people try to use therapy, psychiatry, and related things in a book without actually doing their damn research? It’s NOT THAT HARD to find sources for the information I’ve provided. God. A huge pet peeve of mine is authors who skimp on their research and because mental health is a “popular topic,” they decide that the articles they’ve read on Facebook or Buzzfeed are sufficient. Ugh.
somebunny23's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
alex_norval's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
m3l89's review against another edition
4.0
I quite enjoyed this, and was surprised at the military turn of events when I had presumed that it would be a religious one. At first this had a slight similarity to the da vinci code about it, with the disagreement surrounding female priests. As the novel progressed however, it started to remind me of Larsson's Millennium Trilogy due to the use of the media in uncovering a crime.
diannel_04's review against another edition
I tried. The story is all over the place. A murdered woman dressed as a priest, an American soldier looking into possible collusion between the US and a Croatian war criminal, a computer nerd who runs a vertical reality Venice site all combine to make a disjointed, boring book. I dnf'd it half way through.
zimlicious's review against another edition
4.0
Yorum: https://www.zimlicious.com/yuz-karasi-carnivia-jonathan-holt/?utm_source=GRYUZKARASI
amberlyswords's review against another edition
3.0
It was okay but I the plot was to slow and there were too many plot lines also the cover was boring and dull. The characters development was okay but it could be done better.
kk_brock's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
virtuallori's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting story and characters. My only quibble is that the American characters occasionally lapse into Briticisms, which yanks (ha! unintentional pun) me right out of the story: "Ever hear of [X}?" She shook her head. "Should I have done?"