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Some characters, like Mari and Nelida, acted almost childishly and said some stupid things in the context they were in. The dialogue in general wasn't particularly strong.
There's quite a gross sex scene in it that almost made me quit reading. It ultimately became one of those scenes just thrown in for effect as the character the protagonist sleeps with almost immediately disappears from the storyline afterwards.
The protagonist isn't likeable, and he ultimately
Don't feel like you're missing out if you don't read this book, you're probably better off not reading it anyway.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Car accident
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Self harm, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Excrement, Dementia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury
The amount of plot holes in this book is insane. Every single chapter has at least one plot hole.
The book shifts from scene to scene without warning. Leaving the previous scene unfinished.
This had the potential to be a good book, but it was poorly written and is therefore lack luster.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
Bazterrica reaches out and scars you - each page a deeper, sharper papercut. Chapter 4 in Part II is pure literary art, and is all the more impressive because the language is simple. You won't find grandiose vocabulary or winding plush prose; this book is as direct and visceral as the stunning club. Cheers to the translator in the version I read, Sarah Moses, who is owed some of this praise.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Excrement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail