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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: Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Antisemitism, Dementia, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Abortion, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, War, Kidnapping, and Vomit
frivilous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Car accident, War, Vomit, and Death of parent
serotonone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Torture, Suicide, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Confinement, and Abandonment
Moderate: Incest
jes312's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Suicide
anka_not_anchor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Graphic: Death, Car accident, Child abuse, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment
abithoughtful'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? It's complicated
4.0
There are a lot of weird horror short story collections out there and I think it's possible for books like this to subsist on an immaculate vibe and nothing more, which puts a lot of them very squarely middle of the road, achieving that immaculate vibe but predictably nothing more. I think this one does inch over the line into 'something more', but maybe it's just a case of what each individual reader is able to connect with the most. A few stories in here are really smart explorations of trauma, especially when we build lives on a foundation of trauma, and I loved them for that. Others don't slap quite so hard, but they all felt complete to me, they all finished their narrative sentence, which is a big tick and something short stories don't always do. On balance a very solid collection, and one I will probably revisit in future.
Faves: The Head, The Embodiment, Scars, Snare, Reunion.
Graphic: Body horror, Abandonment, Violence, Suicide, and Child abuse
madyoda'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Excrement, Mental illness, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Child abuse
Minor: Death of parent
If you don't like open endings or ambiguity, this book is not for you.caitlindoesntread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Infidelity, and War
mommarex1221's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Vomit, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
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, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Incest