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b0gd0g's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Colonisation
pryingblackbird's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Death and Gore
Minor: Cannibalism
fionamclary's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
My only complaint is that my copy is bursting with typos. I almost feel bad for the copy editor credited in the back because I'd hate to have my name on something where I don't seem to have done my job. There's multiple instances of missing words or words that shouldn't be there, incorrect or missing punctuation, wrong words, and even one instance where a character's entire name was different. I hope there's other editions out there that don't have this problem, but it was so egregious that it sometimes took me completely out of the story. Which is a real shame, since the story is a masterpiece.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, and Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Deadnaming, Genocide, Mental illness, Transphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, and Deportation
Homelessness, evictionkalitise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction and Gore
Minor: Cannibalism
cardaisy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Medical content, and Deportation
centrifugepolitics's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Terminal illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Alcoholism and Colonisation
sucrecube'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
5.0
If you're familiar with The Magnus Archives, this has a similar sort of format; a bunch of short horror stories that are, in some ways, connected, and a main plot is built with that. Sims is really excellent at building intrigue for his mysteries, and he's also quite good at building tension in his horror. I would personally say a good chunk of the horror in this book is more "psychological" in nature, rather than "thrilling," which is absolutely perfect because that's my favourite kind. None of the stories overstay their welcome, and they're all varied, so there's basically a charcuterie board of horrors here. I also really loved the themes in this book!
One of my biggest problems is the pacing of the final chapter. I understand the difficulty in
Another teeny tiny thing is that I hate the amount of typos. I can overlook a couple but there were probably at least ten or so? I feel like even that is a major understatement. I mostly overlook it in the case of this book because of how much I enjoyed it but typos are a massive pet peeve of mine in a piece of writing.
Despite my criticisms I really don't want to rate it lower than I have because I enjoyed it and I generally enjoy Sims' work so much!! Despite its flaws it was just such a fun read. I've been trying to read more lately, and this was probably the fastest I've finished a book of this length in a very long time because of how much I loved it. Maybe I'll adjust my rating at a later time but I just really can't bring myself to rate it any lower right now lol.
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Transphobia
cranberry10088's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
orizenda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror and Gore
Moderate: Cannibalism and Classism
gagereadsstuff's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, and Colonisation