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orizenda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Car accident
pierreadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol
noonanjohnc'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Alcohol
jackiesspookyshelf'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
1.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
chloseencounter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This novel was beautifully written and brutal, the descriptions of graphic violence where some of the most agonizing and genuine I’ve ever read but that’s sort of all this story had to offer. I kept waiting for there to be some sort of lesson or point to the brutality but there just wasn’t. I just keep coming back to the why of it all. You may expect a story to have a plot, or a lesson, or even be a character study but to me, it just wasn’t any of those things. I suppose it was meaning to stand for loss of innocence but I didn’t even get enough time and introspection with each character to see that. I suppose if anything the ending was…ironic, I guess.
I don’t think of myself as someone who is bothered by violence but also I don’t really find joy in reading about the terrible and upsetting deaths of six year olds, one after another…and for what? Was it some weird metaphor for Darwinism? I honestly have no idea and at the end of the day that left me with a lot to be desired.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
cursivewolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
angreadseverything's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault and Excrement
elsebeok'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Alcohol and Sexual harassment
breazatoth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault and Alcohol
Minor: Excrement and Vomit
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail