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linalina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War
Minor: Ableism, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Menstruation ("The Head," "The Embodiment").kay_ne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.25
Note: I tried to list the content warnings but I can't remember all that happened in the short stories. So read when you're in a good place to.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, and Car accident
julianh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, and Pregnancy
ellinda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
It was very difficult for me to get through the stories and after the first 2 I wanted to give up, but I felt like I needed to give the other stories a chance because in a short story bundle you're always bound to have ones you like and ones you dislike.
For me, the only two redeeming stories in this book were the ones titled "Goodbye, my love" and "Reunion". But ever the former of those two felt very predictable without bringing anything new to the table.
It seems a lot of people liked this book just fine, but to me personally it delivered on none of the promises people had made about the book. The stories are not "sick and twisted" and they don't bring anything new to the types of stories they are telling. It had poor prose and some of the writing just felt immature.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide
patsybarker's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Cannibalism
good but yukkylynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
katewhite77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A very strange, scary but never the less thought provoking set of stories each with a moral behind them.
Covering subjects such as beauty, pregnancy and child birth, consumerism, love, revenge, every action has a reaction and the meaning of life itself.
My favourite story Home Sweet Home. A modern take on your classic haunted house. Some stories are purely fantastical in nature while others are slightly more realist. None of these are for kids. Proceed with caution.
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicide, and Kidnapping
akira_outofthegravity'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? Yes
4.5
I really loved the stories, I loved that despite everything it wasn’t all doom and gloom. There were some happy endings within it all.
My top three stories have to be:
1. Cursed Bunny
2. Home Sweet Home
3. Snare
But to be honest I loved all of them bar the first two.
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Abandonment
xanthekm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail